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.

Kalena

#3,674 most common girls' name of all time · #6,279 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1962–2025

Rank among girls
#3,674
Rank overall
#6,279 of 105,966
First appeared
1962
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
2,707
Since 2016
641
Peak year
2017 #2,025
Best rank
#2,025 2017
Girls Boys peak 97/yr
198020002020

Kalena first appears in 1962. 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 50 — 50 #3,185
2024 58 — 58 #2,873
2023 59 — 59 #2,860
2022 45 — 45 #3,491
2021 60 — 60 #2,828
2020 71 — 71 #2,452
2019 59 — 59 #2,826
2018 65 — 65 #2,660
2017 97 — 97 #2,025
2016 77 — 77 #2,417
2015 83 — 83 #2,269
2014 64 — 64 #2,726
2013 65 — 65 #2,688
2012 74 — 74 #2,485
2011 49 — 49 #3,318
2010 91 — 91 #2,157
2009 77 — 77 #2,472
2008 88 — 88 #2,246
2007 69 — 69 #2,665
2006 77 — 77 #2,424
2005 86 — 86 #2,148
2004 78 — 78 #2,250
2003 81 — 81 #2,153
2002 63 — 63 #2,508
2001 67 — 67 #2,368
2000 58 — 58 #2,577
1999 59 — 59 #2,456
1998 48 — 48 #2,777
1997 44 — 44 #2,802
1996 51 — 51 #2,492
1995 44 — 44 #2,768
1994 41 — 41 #2,898
1993 49 — 49 #2,557
1992 44 — 44 #2,751
1991 37 — 37 #3,065
1990 35 — 35 #3,196
1989 24 — 24 #4,078
1988 34 — 34 #3,021
1987 35 — 35 #2,826
1986 37 — 37 #2,656
1985 29 — 29 #3,132
1984 35 — 35 #2,659
1983 49 — 49 #2,060
1982 50 — 50 #2,073
1981 18 — 18 #4,265
1980 18 — 18 #4,253
1979 19 — 19 #3,991
1978 21 — 21 #3,599
1977 15 — 15 #4,566
1976 17 — 17 #3,901
1974 15 — 15 #4,177
1973 6 — 6 #7,921
1972 5 — 5 #8,950
1971 7 — 7 #7,109
1969 5 — 5 #8,209
1962 5 — 5 #7,483