Nelvin

Popularity Trends

The name Nelvin is the #7,349 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 390 recorded births since 1919. This represents the 5.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,206 (8.2% percentile) for all time with 380 births since 1919. For girls, it ranks #5,706 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 10 births since 1930.

Nelvin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1919 (1919 for boys and 1930 for girls). Birth data for Nelvin is available in 56 out of the 105 years between 1919 and 2023 (56 years for boys and 2 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

The name Nelvin has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.4% of all recorded births being male.

For boys, Nelvin reached its peak popularity in 1927, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #533) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1927, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Nelvin ranks #906 for boys (0.5% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 57.7% of its peak share of births.

For girls, Nelvin reached its peak popularity in 1934, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #567) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1934, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1934.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nelvin".

1919 2023 19192023

Key Statistics

Total Births

Peak Births

Peak Year

1934

First Recorded

1930

Peak Percentile

0.0%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#567

Current Rank

—

Female statistics

Total Births

380

Peak Births

Peak Year

1927

First Recorded

1919

Peak Percentile

1.1%

Current Percentile

0.5%

Peak Rank

#533

Current Rank

#906

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Nelvin", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Nelvin.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Nelvin's popularity from 1916 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Nelvin at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Nelvin range from Arlyn at 59.5% correlation to Ardeth at 51.9% correlation, with an average correlation level of 54.1%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Audrey with 302.8K births (99% girls) and the least popular is Jobyna with 39 births (100% girls).

Nelvin's share of births peaked at 12.2 births per million in 1934 (4.6 for girls in 1934 and 9.5 for boys in 1927). It reached its lowest point of 2.4 births per million (20% of peak) in 1955. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Nelvin had 5.5 births per million, 45% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Arlyn

4,415

59.54% (moderate)

Arlen

7,905

59.03% (moderate)

Dorla

1,089

55.47% (moderate)

Arliss

1,484

54.30% (moderate)

Kinneth

175

53.72% (moderate)

Ofelia

8,804

53.70% (moderate)

Ileane

230

52.87% (moderate)

Audrey

302.8k

52.38% (moderate)

52.33% (moderate)

52.32% (moderate)

52.08% (moderate)

1,033

51.91% (moderate)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Nelvin

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Nelvin. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Nelvin is pronounced as NEHL-vihn, which has 2 syllables.

NEHL-vihn

100.0%

NEHL-vihn (2 syllables)

100.0% confidence

N EH1 L V IH0 N

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Nelvin? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Nelvin. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Nelvin, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like N EH1 L V IH0 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

Made with ❤️ by Aaron J Becker

On This Page