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Baby name
Calvin
Boy
Origin of the name
Calvin comes from Calvinus, the Latin form of the surname of the Protestant reformer John Calvin.
Classic name
221,064births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 44rank at its peak, in 1924
Where babies named Calvin are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Calvin is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Calvin is most common in Mississippi (2.1 times), Louisiana (2) and Arkansas (2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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