Telvin
Masculine
Telvin is a boy's name that puts a T on Kelvin or Melvin. Kelvin began as a river in Glasgow, became a scientist's title and ended up as the scale that measures absolute temperature.
How old is the name Telvin?
Telvin first appears in US birth records in 1977 — 48 years ago. The typical Telvin alive today was born around 1994, making them about 31 years old. About 600 people named Telvin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Telvin most popular?
Telvin peaked in 1992, reaching #1068 nationally. See the whole 1992 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Telvin
When the physicist William Thomson was made a lord, he took his title from the River Kelvin, which runs past the University of Glasgow, where he taught; as Lord Kelvin he helped lay the first working telegraph cable across the Atlantic, and the scale that starts at absolute zero is named for him. Telvin came from Kelvin and Melvin, with a new first letter. It is short and brisk.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Telvin may be Kelvin or Melvin with a T, and nothing records which.
Pronouncing Telvin
TEL-vin
Two syllables with the stress on the first.
Nicknames for Telvin
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1977
- Most boys named
- 1992105 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1068reached in 1992
- Change vs 2022
- −25.0%6 in 2024, from 8
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Telvins among us
people named Telvin are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Telvin sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Close to familiar names.
- Short and easy to say.
- Rare, so a Telvin is unlikely to meet another.
- People will hear Kelvin or Melvin.
- It will need spelling out.
- It has no documented meaning of its own.
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Frequently asked
- How many Telvins are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Telvin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Telvin in 2025?
- Telvin is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Telvin with classmates?
- Telvin will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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