Is Calvin a boy or girl name?
Calvin is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 5 girls and 2,568 boys were named Calvin, so 0.2% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.6% of the 219,556 US babies named Calvin were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #140
- Girl rank, 2024
- #15,679
- Babies named Calvin since 1880
- 219,556
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 4,941 babies
Boys and girls named Calvin, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,236 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 1,102 | 0 | 0% |
| 1900s | 1,291 | 0 | 0% |
| 1910s | 5,713 | 31 | 0.5% |
| 1920s | 24,785 | 163 | 0.7% |
| 1930s | 14,177 | 107 | 0.7% |
| 1940s | 19,241 | 97 | 0.5% |
| 1950s | 30,555 | 186 | 0.6% |
| 1960s | 21,888 | 214 | 1% |
| 1970s | 13,816 | 169 | 1.2% |
| 1980s | 15,785 | 154 | 1% |
| 1990s | 16,863 | 34 | 0.2% |
| 2000s | 16,111 | 17 | 0.1% |
| 2010s | 23,081 | 20 | 0.1% |
| 2020s | 12,696 | 24 | 0.2% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2,568 | #140 | 5 | #15,679 |
| 2023 | 2,410 | #152 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 2,592 | #148 | 5 | #15,738 |
| 2021 | 2,591 | #145 | 6 | #13,803 |
| 2020 | 2,535 | #143 | 8 | #11,279 |
| 2019 | 2,647 | #145 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 2,760 | #144 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 2,703 | #146 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 2,794 | #149 | 7 | #13,158 |
| 2015 | 2,439 | #171 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 2,336 | #182 | 6 | #14,922 |
| 2013 | 2,065 | #195 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2012 | 1,966 | #189 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1,709 | #208 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1,662 | #215 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1,578 | #231 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1,630 | #227 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1,618 | #229 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1,648 | #220 | 7 | #13,858 |
| 2005 | 1,619 | #219 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1,597 | #219 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1,566 | #223 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1,561 | #221 | 5 | #15,852 |
| 2001 | 1,613 | #215 | 5 | #15,773 |
| 2000 | 1,681 | #214 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1,622 | #212 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1,638 | #203 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1,707 | #192 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1,759 | #183 | 6 | #12,080 |
| 1995 | 1,719 | #181 | 6 | #12,011 |
| 1994 | 1,566 | #195 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 1,746 | #185 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 1,614 | #194 | 7 | #10,645 |
| 1991 | 1,709 | #189 | 7 | #10,426 |
| 1990 | 1,783 | #173 | 8 | #9,376 |
| 1989 | 1,869 | #161 | 14 | #5,884 |
| 1988 | 1,811 | #152 | 13 | #5,948 |
| 1987 | 1,790 | #157 | 19 | #4,311 |
| 1986 | 1,666 | #162 | 17 | #4,564 |
| 1985 | 1,520 | #177 | 19 | #4,147 |
| 1984 | 1,440 | #177 | 15 | #4,765 |
| 1983 | 1,429 | #180 | 14 | #4,914 |
| 1982 | 1,477 | #176 | 18 | #4,187 |
| 1981 | 1,458 | #172 | 12 | #5,604 |
| 1980 | 1,325 | #185 | 13 | #5,272 |
| 1979 | 1,336 | #181 | 23 | #3,452 |
| 1978 | 1,262 | #187 | 14 | #4,702 |
| 1977 | 1,285 | #179 | 23 | #3,282 |
| 1976 | 1,231 | #183 | 21 | #3,299 |
| 1975 | 1,284 | #178 | 14 | #4,388 |
| 1974 | 1,295 | #177 | 13 | #4,492 |
| 1973 | 1,349 | #174 | 12 | #4,603 |
| 1972 | 1,450 | #172 | 15 | #3,915 |
| 1971 | 1,590 | #169 | 19 | #3,382 |
| 1970 | 1,734 | #166 | 15 | #3,891 |
| 1969 | 1,707 | #163 | 18 | #3,212 |
| 1968 | 1,757 | #156 | 24 | #2,549 |
| 1967 | 1,782 | #154 | 20 | #2,787 |
| 1966 | 1,760 | #159 | 14 | #3,421 |
| 1965 | 2,045 | #153 | 20 | #2,752 |
| 1964 | 2,251 | #145 | 30 | #2,203 |
| 1963 | 2,406 | #140 | 24 | #2,492 |
| 1962 | 2,404 | #144 | 17 | #3,046 |
| 1961 | 2,864 | #127 | 19 | #2,846 |
| 1960 | 2,912 | #129 | 28 | #2,201 |
| 1959 | 3,033 | #125 | 16 | #2,993 |
| 1958 | 3,119 | #123 | 30 | #2,028 |
| 1957 | 3,395 | #114 | 24 | #2,284 |
| 1956 | 3,346 | #109 | 19 | #2,635 |
| 1955 | 3,149 | #109 | 16 | #2,851 |
| 1954 | 3,007 | #117 | 21 | #2,385 |
| 1953 | 2,950 | #111 | 18 | #2,523 |
| 1952 | 2,971 | #108 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1951 | 2,843 | #106 | 16 | #2,588 |
| 1950 | 2,742 | #105 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1949 | 2,567 | #112 | 12 | #3,019 |
| 1948 | 2,398 | #117 | 11 | #3,160 |
| 1947 | 2,432 | #120 | 10 | #3,472 |
| 1946 | 1,976 | #128 | 8 | #3,705 |
| 1945 | 1,797 | #124 | 11 | #2,757 |
| 1944 | 1,751 | #124 | 10 | #2,967 |
| 1943 | 1,760 | #126 | 7 | #3,848 |
| 1942 | 1,578 | #136 | 6 | #4,177 |
| 1941 | 1,510 | #133 | 13 | #2,417 |
| 1940 | 1,472 | #127 | 9 | #2,986 |
| 1939 | 1,394 | #126 | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1938 | 1,454 | #122 | 12 | #2,467 |
| 1937 | 1,333 | #125 | 11 | #2,588 |
| 1936 | 1,352 | #124 | 11 | #2,541 |
| 1935 | 1,321 | #127 | 7 | #3,462 |
| 1934 | 1,319 | #128 | 5 | #4,366 |
| 1933 | 1,489 | #112 | 11 | #2,562 |
| 1932 | 1,454 | #119 | 11 | #2,662 |
| 1931 | 1,443 | #119 | 12 | #2,444 |
| 1930 | 1,618 | #111 | 14 | #2,321 |
| 1929 | 1,665 | #109 | 18 | #1,959 |
| 1928 | 2,128 | #94 | 18 | #2,026 |
| 1927 | 2,694 | #73 | 22 | #1,830 |
| 1926 | 3,014 | #65 | 23 | #1,781 |
| 1925 | 4,301 | #47 | 20 | #1,950 |
| 1924 | 4,919 | #44 | 22 | #1,881 |
| 1923 | 2,408 | #82 | 10 | #3,158 |
| 1922 | 1,282 | #128 | 10 | #3,184 |
| 1921 | 1,276 | #131 | 11 | #2,964 |
| 1920 | 1,098 | #139 | 9 | #3,376 |
| 1919 | 834 | #163 | 6 | #4,324 |
| 1918 | 874 | #158 | 8 | #3,550 |
| 1917 | 785 | #160 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 766 | #157 | 5 | #4,516 |
| 1915 | 694 | #166 | 7 | #3,483 |
| 1914 | 531 | #168 | 5 | #3,693 |
| 1913 | 440 | #160 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 375 | #157 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 213 | #157 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 201 | #153 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 176 | #146 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 135 | #169 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 136 | #161 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 123 | #160 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 141 | #148 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 118 | #160 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 106 | #163 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 130 | #144 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 98 | #157 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 128 | #163 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 108 | #143 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 121 | #143 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 103 | #152 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 98 | #163 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 130 | #130 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 95 | #162 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 103 | #146 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 124 | #131 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 104 | #133 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 116 | #124 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 107 | #134 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 123 | #127 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 122 | #111 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 109 | #125 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 119 | #114 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 139 | #109 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 122 | #107 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 123 | #117 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 138 | #94 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 134 | #100 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Calvin reached #44 in 1924. As a girl name, it reached #1,781 in 1926. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.