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.

Kalem

#4,922 most common boys' name of all time · #12,147 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1974–2025

Rank among boys
#4,922
Rank overall
#12,147 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
965
Since 2016
248
Peak year
2017 #3,100
Best rank
#2,754 1989
Girls Boys peak 38/yr
198020002020

Kalem 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 — 9 9 #8,427
2024 — 13 13 #6,586
2023 — 19 19 #5,140
2022 — 27 27 #4,030
2021 — 23 23 #4,414
2020 — 30 30 #3,605
2019 — 33 33 #3,459
2018 — 27 27 #3,940
2017 — 38 38 #3,100
2016 — 29 29 #3,724
2015 — 30 30 #3,630
2014 — 35 35 #3,194
2013 — 29 29 #3,624
2012 — 24 24 #4,178
2011 — 19 19 #4,885
2010 — 22 22 #4,430
2009 — 34 34 #3,302
2008 — 28 28 #3,788
2007 — 21 21 #4,560
2006 — 23 23 #4,154
2005 — 14 14 #5,691
2004 — 17 17 #4,877
2003 — 22 22 #3,906
2002 — 23 23 #3,737
2001 — 12 12 #5,824
2000 — 15 15 #4,920
1999 — 20 20 #3,768
1998 — 23 23 #3,348
1997 — 25 25 #3,036
1996 — 16 16 #4,109
1995 — 17 17 #3,788
1994 — 11 11 #5,284
1993 — 18 18 #3,609
1992 — 10 10 #5,476
1991 — 24 24 #2,806
1990 — 20 20 #3,150
1989 — 23 23 #2,754
1988 — 19 19 #2,944
1987 — 12 12 #3,903
1986 — 10 10 #4,373
1985 — 13 13 #3,564
1984 — 10 10 #4,144
1983 — 7 7 #5,303
1982 — 17 17 #2,815
1981 — 6 6 #6,016
1980 — 9 9 #4,418
1979 — 8 8 #4,757
1977 — 15 15 #2,904
1976 — 10 10 #3,700
1974 — 6 6 #5,183