Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kalan*

#3,608 most common boys' name of all time · #8,802 across all names · 85% male / 15% female · used 1974–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#3,608
Rank overall
#8,802 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
1,588
Since 2016
274
Peak year
1993 #1,867
Best rank
#1,866 1990
Girls Boys peak 64/yr
198020002020

Kalan first appears in 1974. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 26 26 #4,082
2024 — 23 23 #4,479
2023 — 25 25 #4,259
2022 — 26 26 #4,121
2021 5 23 28 #4,413
2020 — 31 31 #3,530
2019 — 24 24 #4,269
2018 — 40 40 #2,965
2017 — 27 27 #3,926
2016 — 24 24 #4,250
2015 — 25 25 #4,120
2014 — 36 36 #3,123
2013 — 30 30 #3,540
2012 5 30 35 #3,571
2011 — 39 39 #2,974
2010 — 34 34 #3,273
2009 — 27 27 #3,866
2008 5 40 45 #2,979
2007 6 44 50 #2,746
2006 5 27 32 #3,738
2005 9 22 31 #4,124
2004 — 19 19 #4,510
2003 6 22 28 #3,905
2002 11 24 35 #3,609
2001 7 35 42 #2,720
2000 13 21 34 #3,858
1999 7 34 41 #2,592
1998 11 40 51 #2,259
1997 7 42 49 #2,121
1996 10 41 51 #2,103
1995 8 41 49 #2,052
1994 8 29 37 #2,602
1993 19 45 64 #1,867
1992 14 32 46 #2,338
1991 10 28 38 #2,529
1990 16 42 58 #1,866
1989 13 40 53 #1,887
1988 9 31 40 #2,082
1987 7 25 32 #2,326
1986 10 17 27 #2,982
1985 5 27 32 #2,113
1984 7 16 23 #2,936
1983 — 13 13 #3,388
1982 9 12 21 #3,659
1981 — 15 15 #3,020
1980 — 6 6 #6,041
1979 — 8 8 #4,756
1977 — 6 6 #5,641
1975 — 6 6 #5,362
1974 — 6 6 #5,182