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Calven

Calven reached its high-water mark in 1921 at number 2,804, and has been recorded 155 times in all. It has not appeared in the national data since 2013. About 70 Calvens are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 27.

Popularity, 1880–2025

Births per year, 1880 to 2025 0 3 5 8 10 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

boys named Calven

By the numbers

Total US births
155
Estimated living today
70
Median age today
27
Peak year
1921
Best rank
2,804th
Rank in 2025
unranked
First recorded
1921

How old the living Calvens are

Born with the name each year, and how many of them are alive today, 1880 to 2025 0 3 5 8 10 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

born that year still alive today

Of the 155 babies given the name since 1921, about 70 are alive — 42 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 1998 and half after.

An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.

Names of 1921

The most popular boys’ names the year Calven peaked:

All the names of 1921

Related names

Calven against another name

Two names on one chart, with the year one overtook the other.

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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.