Calvin

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Calvin: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Calvin: Recorded since 1983, it reached #99 in 1998, and it stood at #211 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
99times a registrar ranked it
43years from first to last
#99highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Calvin's record

Moved 114 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#214
1997	#213
1998	#204
1999	#238
2000	#304
2001	#341
2002	#371
2003	#329
2004	#374
2005	#457
2006	#427
2007	#351
2008	#341
2009	#381
2010	#333
2011	#431
2012	#415
2013	#447
2014	#419
2015	#416
2016	#439
2017	#448
2018	#534
2019	#575
2020	#492
2021	#641
2022	#714
2023	#827
2024	#826

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 42 of the 43 years from 1983 to 2025.

In 2024: #191 among boys in Scotland, #214 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #278 among boys in Northern Ireland, #826 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1983–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1983
First recorded at #330 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1983 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #99 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 1998 (recorded 1997–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #211 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Calvin appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 42 years beginning in 1983, and has registered 1,120 births with the name.

Calvin across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Calvin's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#330 (1983)	#116 (1997)	#211 (2025)	42 of 43	1,120 (1983–2025)	57 (2010)
England and Wales · Boys	#214 (1996)	#204 (1998)	#826 (2024)	29 of 29	2,620 (1996–2024)	159 (1998)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#124 (1997)	#99 (1998)	#278 (2024)	27 of 28	331 (1997–2024)	23 (1998)

Calvin by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Calvin in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	26	6 of 10	4
1990s	203	10 of 10	20
2000s	311	10 of 10	31
2010sbusiest	429	10 of 10	43
2020s	151	6 of 10	25

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 43 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Calvin appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1983 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #99 in Northern Ireland in 1998.

Calvin's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#826	39	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#827	39	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#714	47	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#641	57	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#492	78	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#575	65	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#534	73	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#448	94	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#439	95	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#416	99	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#419	97	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#447	89	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#415	96	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#431	91	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#333	129	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#381	103	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#341	113	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#351	104	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#427	77	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#457	62	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#374	77	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#329	83	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#371	65	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#341	74	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#304	89	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#238	128	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#204	159	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#213	151	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#214	147	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#278	6	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#264	7	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#295	6	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#252	7	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#274	6	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#255	7	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#229	8	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#195	11	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#159	16	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#157	17	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#167	15	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#183	13	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#151	17	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#159	16	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#139	20	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#155	16	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#180	11	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#185	10	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#164	12	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#172	10	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#136	15	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#151	11	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#152	10	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#105	22	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#99	23	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#124	16	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#211	22	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#214	22	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	15	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#178	29	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#186	28	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#158	35	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#133	45	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#159	37	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#117	54	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#166	36	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#127	52	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#157	42	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#176	37	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#202	29	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#170	40	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#135	57	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#159	39	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#169	38	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#141	45	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#149	35	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#162	28	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#151	28	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#156	25	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#180	19	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#145	25	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#135	29	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#121	33	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#121	31	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#116	40	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#133	34	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#168	16	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#161	17	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#180	15	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#210	9	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	5	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#253	5	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	5	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	4	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	5	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#191	22	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1983 and 2025, ranked in 42 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #99, first reached in 1998.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 159 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 41 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Camden · #711, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Teodor · #98, 39y
Kimberly · #97, 43y
Patryk · #96, 47y
Keelan · #111, 44y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Aroha · #99, 5y
Nicoline · #100, 40y
Kimberly · #97, 43y
Cuan · #102, 31y

Calvin was ranked #99 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 1998. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Calvin and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Calvin without appearing here.

Calvin moved ahead of

Ciaran Compare
In 2017 they stood at #117 and #78 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #159 and #520.
Daithi Compare
In 2017 they stood at #117 and #71 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #159 and #471.
Bruce Compare
In 2000 they stood at #330 and #282 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2001 that had become #145 and #409.
Colin Compare
In 2013 they stood at #398 and #398 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2014 that had become #157 and #398.

Moved ahead of Calvin

Oisin Compare
In 2020 they stood at #492 and #766 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #641 and #433.
Tadhg Compare
In 2020 they stood at #492 and #551 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #641 and #457.
Hunter Compare
In 2011 they stood at #431 and #473 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #415 and #238.
Cooper Compare
In 2010 they stood at #333 and #364 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #431 and #284.

Moved the opposite way to Calvin

Geoffrey Compare
Between 1983 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Calvin went from #330 to #178 while Geoffrey went from #150 to #779.
Roger Compare
Between 1983 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Calvin went from #330 to #186 while Roger went from #192 to #631.
Ashley Compare
Between 1983 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Calvin went from #330 to #158 while Ashley went from #186 to #637.
Jon Compare
Between 1984 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Calvin went from #250 to #133 while Jon went from #318 to #764.

Moved the same way as Calvin

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Calvin went from #214 to #826 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Calvin went from #214 to #826 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Calvin went from #214 to #826 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Calvin went from #214 to #826 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1983 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #99 in Northern Ireland in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Calvin

Calvin at a glance

What stands out in Calvin's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Calvin across 3 official records

Calvin by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Calvin appears in

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What stands out in Calvin's record

Calvin across 3 official records

Calvin by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Calvin appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Calvin

Calvin and the names beside it

Calvin moved ahead of

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