Boy
Kelvin
Kelvin means "Scottish river name" and comes from Scottish, giving it real etymological depth as a boy's name. It has faded some since the 1960s without dropping off entirely. These days, it is neither rare nor overly common. Few names stick around this long: it shows up across almost the entire twelve-decade span this registry covers.
ScottishScottish river name
Etymology"Narrow water" (River Kelvin)
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
11
1920s
61
1930s
182
1940s
229
1950s
5,201
1960s
11,952
1970s
8,005
1980s
7,237
1990s
7,431
2000s
6,264
2010s
3,271
Peaked in the 1960s · 49,844 total U.S. births since 1900