Kalin**
#2,252 most common boys' name of all time · #5,415 across all names · 56% male / 44% female · used 1959–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#2,252
Rank overall
#5,415 of 105,966
First appeared
1959
Years on the list
63 of 146
All-time
3,416
Since 2016
247
Peak year
1994 #1,187
Best rank
#1,187 1994
Girls
Boys
peak 162/yr
Kalin first appears in 1959. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,206 |
| 2024 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,881 |
| 2023 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #6,605 |
| 2022 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,890 |
| 2021 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,524 |
| 2020 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,740 |
| 2019 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,254 |
| 2018 | 6 | 30 | 36 | #3,645 |
| 2017 | 11 | 26 | 37 | #4,031 |
| 2016 | 12 | 33 | 45 | #3,381 |
| 2015 | 19 | 26 | 45 | #4,014 |
| 2014 | 18 | 31 | 49 | #3,477 |
| 2013 | 25 | 32 | 57 | #3,366 |
| 2012 | 20 | 32 | 52 | #3,393 |
| 2011 | 24 | 46 | 70 | #2,637 |
| 2010 | 34 | 45 | 79 | #2,701 |
| 2009 | 40 | 72 | 112 | #1,967 |
| 2008 | 39 | 38 | 77 | #3,072 |
| 2007 | 39 | 28 | 67 | #3,726 |
| 2006 | 42 | 31 | 73 | #3,411 |
| 2005 | 50 | 31 | 81 | #3,272 |
| 2004 | 39 | 42 | 81 | #2,580 |
| 2003 | 49 | 42 | 91 | #2,486 |
| 2002 | 49 | 33 | 82 | #2,842 |
| 2001 | 50 | 43 | 93 | #2,321 |
| 2000 | 51 | 45 | 96 | #2,206 |
| 1999 | 62 | 45 | 107 | #2,114 |
| 1998 | 84 | 61 | 145 | #1,690 |
| 1997 | 68 | 67 | 135 | #1,542 |
| 1996 | 62 | 87 | 149 | #1,273 |
| 1995 | 45 | 84 | 129 | #1,283 |
| 1994 | 68 | 94 | 162 | #1,187 |
| 1993 | 58 | 65 | 123 | #1,455 |
| 1992 | 51 | 64 | 115 | #1,442 |
| 1991 | 51 | 53 | 104 | #1,603 |
| 1990 | 47 | 50 | 97 | #1,652 |
| 1989 | 46 | 52 | 98 | #1,560 |
| 1988 | 31 | 44 | 75 | #1,632 |
| 1987 | 35 | 29 | 64 | #2,097 |
| 1986 | 35 | 45 | 80 | #1,508 |
| 1985 | 23 | 27 | 50 | #2,100 |
| 1984 | 19 | 20 | 39 | #2,496 |
| 1983 | 28 | 27 | 55 | #1,998 |
| 1982 | 20 | 18 | 38 | #2,668 |
| 1981 | 5 | 25 | 30 | #2,123 |
| 1980 | 12 | 15 | 27 | #3,042 |
| 1979 | 7 | 16 | 23 | #2,847 |
| 1978 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #4,019 |
| 1977 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #3,533 |
| 1976 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,000 |
| 1975 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,876 |
| 1974 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1973 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1972 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,789 |
| 1971 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1970 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1969 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,275 |
| 1966 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,499 |
| 1964 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,515 |
| 1963 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,531 |
| 1961 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,021 |
| 1960 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,538 |
| 1959 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,604 |