Kelvin is a distinctive choice, ranked #1460 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Kelvin in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1460
US Rank #964
About the Name Kelvin
Kelvin is gradually declining in popularity, having dropped 29 places over five years. Its high point was #360 in 1997, and it now sits at #1460. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Kelvin is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
In the US it ranks even higher at #964, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Kelvin
Unlikely. With around 18 UK babies named Kelvin per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Kelvin in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Kelvin has been declining in UK popularity, dropping 29 places in the last five years. Its peak was #360 in 1997. Choosing it now means he is likely to be among the last of his generation with this name.
Kelvin is more popular in the US (#964) than in the UK (#1460). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Kelvin include: Kelvin John — Kelvin Pius John is a Tanzanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Danish 1st Division side AaB and the Tanzania national team.; Kelvin Sánchez — Kelvin Denis Sánchez Vasquez is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Los Chankas.; Kelvin Okafor — Kelvin Okafor is a British hyperrealist artist who specialises in pencil portraits..
Kelvin does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Kelvins in the wild.
18
UK babies named Kelvin (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 29 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Kelvin
Likely around 1 other Kelvin in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2023)
Rank · SSA official data
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Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Kelvin Denis Sánchez Vasquez is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Los Chankas. He has represented the Peru under-17 national team internationally.
Kelvin Kwarteng Yeboah is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Major League Soccer club Minnesota United. Born in Ghana, Yeboah was a youth international for Italy.
Robert Haldane Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin is a Scottish businessman and former Governor of the British Broadcasting Corporation. Smith was knighted in 1999, appointed to the House of Lords as an independent crossbench peer in 2008, and appointed Knight of the Thistle in the 2014 New Year Honours.
The kelvin (symbol: K) is the base unit for temperature in the International System of Units (SI). The Kelvin scale is an absolute temperature scale that starts at the lowest possible temperature (absolute zero), taken to be 0 K.
Kelvin Peña, also known by the moniker Brother Nature, is an American internet personality known for his viral Twitter videos of himself befriending wild animals. He rose to prominence for interacting with a small herd of deer that visited his backyard, whom he later named and referred to collectively as the Deer Squad.