Given name & surname
Kalvin
“the little bald one”
Kalvin is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “the little bald one.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “the little bald one.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1933. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kalvin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,726
- 6,726 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 177 babies
- 2025
- 109
- #1,567 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −31%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 109 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,567 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 31.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 177 in 2017. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (15). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,130 as a first name in 2020; 162 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.
Kalvin’s family of names
Kalvin has a related form in Kalven. Kalvin has a related form in Kalvan. Kalvin has a related form in Kalvon.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kalvin
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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