Calvin
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Calvin
Calvin is a slightly quirky but cozy name that has a fashion edge thanks to Calvin Klein. It has been steadily on the popularity list since records were kept, never lower than Number 250, peaking in the 1920s, the era of the Calvin (originally John Calvin ) Coolidge presidency.
The name came into use as a first name in honor of John Calvin--born Jehan Cauvin-- the seventeenth century French Protestant reformer whose strict doctrines became the basis of Calvinism, and the name was taken up as a tribute to him.
Other associations include the above-mentioned Calvin Klein (and his famous 'Calvins' ads), humorous writer Calvin Trillin, the comic strip "Calvin & Hobbes" --and it's also the birth name of Snoop Dog. Calvin O'Keefe is one of the main characters in Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time.
Calvin is also given to girls, where it ranks #12161 in the US.
Pronounced KAL-vin.
As of October 2026, Calvin ranked #132 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #44 in 1924, Nameberry popularity #173.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #182 | 2,336 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #171 | 2,439 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #149 | 2,794 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #146 | 2,703 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #144 | 2,760 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #145 | 2,647 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #143 | 2,535 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #145 | 2,591 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #148 | 2,592 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #152 | 2,410 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #140 | 2,568 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #132 | 2,710 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Calvin on lists
Famous Calvins
- (John) Calvin CoolidgeBoy
30th U.S. president
- Calvin Richard KleinBoy
American fashion designer
- Calvin "Snoop Dogg" BroadusBoy
American Rapper
- Calvin JohnsonBoy
American football player
- Calvin Edwin "Cal" RipkenBoy
American baseball player
- Calvin Alan Byrd aka 40 CalBoy
American rapper
- Calvin Cordozar Broadus aka Snoop DoggBoy
American rapper
- Calvin Harris (born Adam Richard Wiles)Boy
Scottish DJ
- John CalvinBoy
reformer
- Calvin MahanBoy
youngest son of Brooke Mahan, co,host on YouTube channel "whatsupmoms"
- Calvin Lee Vail aka LeafyishereBoy
American YouTuber
- Calvin Eugene Thile (b. 2015)Boy
son of American actress Claire Coffee
- Calvin Scott Mecham (b. 2015)Boy
son of American family vloggers Ellie & Jared
- Calvin Jaeger (b. 2016)Boy
son of actors Sam and Amber Jaeger
Calvin in pop culture
- "Calvin and HobbesBoy
" comic strip by Bill Watterson
- Calvin O'KeefeBoy
main character in "A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle
- Calvin WeirBoy
Fields, character in the movie "Ruby Sparks"
- Calvin FullerBoy
character in movie "A Kid in King Arthur's Court"
- Calvin DobbsBoy
character on TV's "227"
- Calvin CandieBoy
main antagonist from 2012 movie "Django Unchained"
- CalvinBoy
Vanessa's father on "My Wife and Kids"
- CalvinBoy
alien antagonist in 2017 film "Life"
- Calvin FischoederBoy
side character in the show "Bob's Burgers"