Kalman
- #4,050 for boys in 2025, 26 births
- Peak · boys
- 1914 · 25 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,258since 1912
Kalman over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kalman has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,050 | 26 |
| 2024 | #5,659 | 16 |
| 2023 | #4,610 | 22 |
| 2022 | #6,147 | 14 |
| 2021 | #4,494 | 22 |
| 2020 | #5,451 | 16 |
| 2019 | #5,813 | 15 |
| 2018 | #6,703 | 12 |
| 2017 | #3,993 | 26 |
| 2016 | #4,943 | 19 |
| 2015 | #4,890 | 19 |
| 2014 | #5,252 | 17 |
| 2013 | #6,603 | 12 |
| 2012 | #5,256 | 17 |
| 2011 | #5,945 | 14 |
| 2010 | #5,741 | 15 |
| 2009 | #5,800 | 15 |
| 2008 | #5,767 | 15 |
| 2007 | #5,901 | 14 |
| 2006 | #5,525 | 15 |
| 2005 | #5,875 | 13 |
| 2004 | #4,793 | 17 |
| 2003 | #5,271 | 14 |
| 2002 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | #6,445 | 10 |
| 2000 | #4,785 | 15 |
| 1999 | #4,762 | 14 |
| 1998 | #5,159 | 12 |
| 1997 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #4,878 | 12 |
| 1995 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #2,972 | 15 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #2,310 | 13 |
| 1963 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #2,042 | 16 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #2,177 | 14 |
| 1957 | #2,375 | 12 |
| 1956 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #2,435 | 11 |
| 1954 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #2,246 | 12 |
| 1950 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #2,218 | 12 |
| 1947 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1946 | #2,271 | 11 |
| 1945 | #2,131 | 11 |
| 1944 | #2,195 | 11 |
| 1943 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #1,730 | 17 |
| 1941 | #1,759 | 16 |
| 1940 | #2,081 | 12 |
| 1939 | #2,609 | 8 |
| 1938 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #2,088 | 12 |
| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,214 | 11 |
| 1932 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #2,589 | 10 |
| 1928 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | #1,871 | 18 |
| 1926 | #1,981 | 16 |
| 1925 | #2,313 | 13 |
| 1924 | #2,043 | 16 |
| 1923 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1921 | #1,980 | 17 |
| 1920 | #1,820 | 19 |
| 1919 | #1,576 | 22 |
| 1918 | #2,165 | 14 |
| 1917 | #1,437 | 24 |
| 1916 | #1,849 | 16 |
| 1915 | #1,410 | 23 |
| 1914 | #1,153 | 25 |
| 1913 | #1,497 | 13 |
| 1912 | #2,045 | 7 |
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First appearance
1912
The first year at least five boys were named Kalman! It came in at #2,045, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1934, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Kalman is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- New York#885 · 1 in 5,628
Best ever in a state: #232 in New Jersey, 1919.
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| New York | #885 | 15 | 1 in 5,628 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Rising
- 1,609 spots since 2024 (#5,659 → #4,050)
- 1,401 spots since 2020 (#5,451 → #4,050)
- 840 spots since 2015 (#4,890 → #4,050)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1914 at #1,153 (25 births)
- Births halved by 1923, 9 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 26,190
- Highest: 1 in 26,190 boys born in 1914 were named Kalman (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 65,695 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 13.2% of all boys named Kalman (166) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 144 | #1,153 (1914) | #1,642 |
| 1920s | 138 | #1,820 (1920) | #2,320 |
| 1930s | 75 | #2,088 (1937) | #2,801 |
| 1940s | 114 | #1,730 (1942) | #2,319 |
| 1950s | 92 | #2,177 (1958) | #2,824 |
| 1960s | 83 | #2,042 (1960) | #3,051 |
| 1970s | 59 | #3,344 (1972) | #4,187 |
| 1980s | 51 | #2,972 (1982) | #4,878 |
| 1990s | 83 | #4,290 (1994) | #6,316 |
| 2000s | 137 | #4,785 (2000) | #5,722 |
| 2010s | 166 | #3,993 (2017) | #5,514 |
| 2020s | 116 | #4,050 (2025) | #5,069 |
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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