Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Calvary isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Calvary through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 260
- 114 boys · 146 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 35 babies
- 2025
- 35
- #4,887 for boys · #7,204 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +61%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 20 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,887 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. It also appeared in 15 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 185 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Calvary’s family of names
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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