NewName Shortlist 0 Meaning This name is in the birth records, but its history has not yet been added to the library. We add meanings only when they can be given with a source.
Its wave through time Fading since the 1880s
In the United States 0 10 20 30 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 1886 per 100,000 babies of that sex 9,120 babies given this name since 1880 At its height in 1886, about 1 in 4,800 boys 47 babies in 2020 Names worth a look Calvin Boy From the surname of the reformer John Calvin, Latin Calvinus, from calvus 'bald'. Revolutions · peak 1924 Clifford Boy From an English surname and place name, Old English clif 'cliff, slope' and ford 'ford'. Victorian · peak 1918 Clifton Boy From an English surname and place name, Old English clif 'cliff' and tun 'settlement'. Victorian · peak 1915 Kelvin Boy From the River Kelvin in Glasgow, best known through the title of the physicist Lord Kelvin; the river name is… Modern · peak 1963 Cleveland Boy From an English surname and place name, Old English clif 'cliff' and land 'land'. Victorian · peak 1884 · forgotten Clovis Boy Latinized form of Frankish Chlodowig, from hlod 'fame' and wig 'battle'; the same name that became Louis and Ludwig. Early Medieval · peak 1914 · forgotten Kalev Boy Name of the mythical giant Kalev, father of the hero of the Estonian epic Kalevipoeg; its meaning is uncertain. Modern Kalevi Boy From Kaleva, legendary ancestor of the heroes of the Kalevala; the origin of Kaleva is uncertain. Victorian · forgotten Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.