Kalem
- #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
- Peak · boys
- 1989 · 23 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 965since 1974
Kalem over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kalem has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,243 | 9 |
| 2024 | #6,469 | 13 |
| 2023 | #5,075 | 19 |
| 2022 | #3,995 | 27 |
| 2021 | #4,362 | 23 |
| 2020 | #3,570 | 30 |
| 2019 | #3,426 | 33 |
| 2018 | #3,891 | 27 |
| 2017 | #3,071 | 38 |
| 2016 | #3,681 | 29 |
| 2015 | #3,591 | 30 |
| 2014 | #3,154 | 35 |
| 2013 | #3,582 | 29 |
| 2012 | #4,131 | 24 |
| 2011 | #4,822 | 19 |
| 2010 | #4,366 | 22 |
| 2009 | #3,274 | 34 |
| 2008 | #3,744 | 28 |
| 2007 | #4,493 | 21 |
| 2006 | #4,105 | 23 |
| 2005 | #5,578 | 14 |
| 2004 | #4,793 | 17 |
| 2003 | #3,838 | 22 |
| 2002 | #3,670 | 23 |
| 2001 | #5,667 | 12 |
| 2000 | #4,785 | 15 |
| 1999 | #3,704 | 20 |
| 1998 | #3,296 | 23 |
| 1997 | #2,981 | 25 |
| 1996 | #4,022 | 16 |
| 1995 | #3,693 | 17 |
| 1994 | #5,109 | 11 |
| 1993 | #3,501 | 18 |
| 1992 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #2,753 | 24 |
| 1990 | #3,058 | 20 |
| 1989 | #2,690 | 23 |
| 1988 | #2,860 | 19 |
| 1987 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #2,709 | 17 |
| 1981 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #4,403 | 8 |
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| 1977 | #2,791 | 15 |
| 1976 | #3,471 | 10 |
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| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
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First appearance
1974
The first year at least five boys were named Kalem! It came in at #4,634, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1975, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Kalem is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Kalem in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kalem
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 1,774 spots since 2024 (#6,469 → #8,243)
- 4,673 spots since 2020 (#3,570 → #8,243)
- 4,652 spots since 2015 (#3,591 → #8,243)
Rise & fade · boys
15 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1974
- Peaked 1989 at #2,690 (23 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 48,709
- Highest: 1 in 48,709 boys born in 2017 were named Kalem (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,690 in 1989, was only 1 in 86,997 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 29.6% of all boys named Kalem (286) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 39 | #2,791 (1977) | #3,825 |
| 1980s | 126 | #2,690 (1989) | #3,796 |
| 1990s | 184 | #2,753 (1991) | #3,735 |
| 2000s | 209 | #3,274 (2009) | #4,395 |
| 2010s | 286 | #3,071 (2017) | #3,772 |
| 2020s | 121 | #3,570 (2020) | #5,286 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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