Kalin

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #13,462 · #6,143 for boys in 2025, 14 births
Given to boys 55.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1994 · 94 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,897
since 1959

Kalin over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201995peak #1,830, 1998peak #1,178, 1994girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#6,14314
2024—#7,76510
2023#13,4626#6,51713
2022—#4,85020
2021—#4,49422
2020—#4,69820
2019—#4,23024
2018#13,7936#3,60730
2017#9,34111#3,99326
2016#8,87512#3,35833
2015#6,45219#3,98226
2014#6,71318#3,45631
2013#5,31725#3,33932
2012#6,34120#3,37132
2011#5,54324#2,62646
2010#4,30634#2,68245
2009#3,87040#1,95972
2008#4,00639#3,05738
2007#3,98339#3,68728
2006#3,66942#3,38431
2005#3,12650#3,24131
2004#3,68939#2,56942
2003#3,04349#2,47042
2002#2,97649#2,81733
2001#2,88150#2,30643
2000#2,81751#2,19645
1999#2,36862#2,09845
1998#1,83084#1,68061
1997#2,07068#1,53567
1996#2,17762#1,26587
1995#2,68745#1,27584
1994#2,04768#1,17894
1993#2,24158#1,44465
1992#2,48851#1,42964
1991#2,44951#1,58953
1990#2,52347#1,63550
1989#2,47846#1,55052
1988#3,16531#1,61844
1987#2,78035#2,05729
1986#2,72435#1,49345
1985#3,62123#2,07127
1984#3,99019#2,43720
1983#2,97528#1,95527
1982#3,89820#2,59618
1981#10,4115#2,08625
1980#5,54412#2,96515
1979#8,0617#2,77716
1978#7,6497#3,8579
1977#9,6525#3,38611
1976—#5,5875
1975—#5,4645
1974#8,7755—
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1972—#4,4416
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1970#6,3627—
1969—#3,0629
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1964—#4,0395
1963—#4,0485
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1961—#3,6526
1960—#4,0385
1959—#3,2907
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First appearance
1959

The first year at least five boys were named Kalin! It came in at #3,290, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1962–1965, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Kalin is popular in 1995

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,092 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 16,523 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #848 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 14,178 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,421 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 28,897 boysCAUtah: #431 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,508 boysUTColorado: #509 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,888 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedHITexas: #1,558 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 30,621 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Kalin, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#431 · 1 in 3,508
  2. Colorado#509 · 1 in 4,888
  3. Pennsylvania#848 · 1 in 14,178
  4. Illinois#1,092 · 1 in 16,523
  5. California#1,421 · 1 in 28,897

Best ever in a state: #176 in Utah, 1994.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#43151 in 3,508
Colorado#50951 in 4,888
Pennsylvania#84851 in 14,178
Illinois#1,09251 in 16,523
California#1,42191 in 28,897
Texas#1,55851 in 30,621
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Kalin
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 1,622 spots since 2024 (#7,765 → #6,143)
  • 1,445 spots since 2020 (#4,698 → #6,143)
  • 2,161 spots since 2015 (#3,982 → #6,143)
Rise & fade · boys
35 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1959
  • Peaked 1994 at #1,178 (94 births)
  • Births halved by 1999, 5 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 20,554
  • Highest: 1 in 20,554 boys born in 1994 were named Kalin (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 122,005 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 35.3% of all boys named Kalin (670) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2009
  • Mostly girls until 2008, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s7#3,290 (1959)#3,290
1960s37#3,062 (1969)#3,681
1970s52#2,777 (1979)#4,252
1980s302#1,493 (1986)#2,083
1990s670#1,178 (1994)#1,513
2000s405#1,959 (2009)#2,769
2010s325#2,626 (2011)#3,464
2020s99#4,494 (2021)#5,745

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.

Kalin in 1995

girls
#2,687
45 births · 1 in 39,079 girls
boys
#1,275
84 births · 1 in 22,663 boys

Top girls' names in 1995

  1. #1Jessica27,941
  2. #2Ashley26,606
  3. #3Emily24,382
  4. #4Samantha21,644
  5. #5Sarah21,395
  6. #6Taylor20,426
  7. #7Hannah17,018
  8. #8Brittany16,477
  9. #9Amanda16,354
  10. #10Elizabeth16,192
  11. #2,687Kalin45

Top boys' names in 1995

  1. #1Michael41,409
  2. #2Matthew32,882
  3. #3Christopher32,679
  4. #4Jacob31,134
  5. #5Joshua30,720
  6. #6Tyler29,161
  7. #7Nicholas29,160
  8. #8Brandon26,904
  9. #9Daniel26,728
  10. #10Austin25,908
  11. #1,275Kalin84
More about 1995

girls

1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 39,079 of them was named Kalin, which outranked 82.9% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kalin
  1. #2,650Wilma46
  2. #2,650Yaneli46
  3. #2,650Yara46
  4. #2,687Kalin45
  5. #2,687Adreanna45
  6. #2,687Amberlee45
  7. #2,687Anel45
  8. #2,735Aminah44
  9. #2,735Avalon44
  10. #2,735Berenise44

Tied with 47 names at #2,687; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,718Iridian#7,604 → #886
  2. ↑ 2,689Daija#3,615 → #926
  3. ↑ 2,119Lyric#2,752 → #633
  4. ↑ 1,910Daja#2,877 → #967
  5. ↑ 1,602Shania#2,047 → #445
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,205Nohely#896 → #2,101
  2. ↓ 1,048Zana#802 → #1,850
  3. ↓ 869Kadijah#512 → #1,381
  4. ↓ 609Clarisa#664 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 514Dayana#751 → #1,265

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 22,663 of them was named Kalin, which outranked 87.7% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kalin
  1. #1,268Mack85
  2. #1,268Slade85
  3. #1,268Yusuf85
  4. #1,275Kalin84
  5. #1,275Cal84
  6. #1,275Darrel84
  7. #1,275Delvin84
  8. #1,286Arnoldo83
  9. #1,286Bradlee83
  10. #1,286Denzell83

Tied with 10 names at #1,275; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,703Tristin#2,307 → #604
  2. ↑ 1,494Raekwon#2,082 → #588
  3. ↑ 1,357Tristian#2,219 → #862
  4. ↑ 1,269Triston#1,795 → #526
  5. ↑ 1,186Rashaan#2,123 → #937
Fallers
  1. ↓ 469Shyheim#817 → #1,286
  2. ↓ 335Ryne#897 → #1,232
  3. ↓ 251Daulton#792 → #1,043
  4. ↓ 247Demetri#886 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 242Jerrell#917 → #1,159

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1995 →