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.

Kalman

#4,169 most common boys' name of all time · #10,224 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1912–2025

Rank among boys
#4,169
Rank overall
#10,224 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
105 of 146
All-time
1,258
Since 2016
188
Peak year
2017 #4,007
Best rank
#1,187 1914
Girls Boys peak 26/yr
192019401960198020002020

Kalman first appears in 1912. 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 #4,062
2024 — 16 16 #5,679
2023 — 22 22 #4,627
2022 — 14 14 #6,173
2021 — 22 22 #4,507
2020 — 16 16 #5,475
2019 — 15 15 #5,834
2018 — 12 12 #6,743
2017 — 26 26 #4,007
2016 — 19 19 #4,961
2015 — 19 19 #4,908
2014 — 17 17 #5,275
2013 — 12 12 #6,644
2012 — 17 17 #5,284
2011 — 14 14 #5,970
2010 — 15 15 #5,770
2009 — 15 15 #5,827
2008 — 15 15 #5,795
2007 — 14 14 #5,933
2006 — 15 15 #5,538
2005 — 13 13 #5,916
2004 — 17 17 #4,814
2003 — 14 14 #5,294
2002 — 9 9 #7,114
2001 — 10 10 #6,491
2000 — 15 15 #4,821
1999 — 14 14 #4,797
1998 — 12 12 #5,207
1997 — 8 8 #6,683
1996 — 12 12 #4,911
1995 — 6 6 #7,894
1994 — 14 14 #4,319
1993 — 6 6 #7,743
1992 — 5 5 #8,564
1991 — 6 6 #7,382
1989 — 7 7 #6,333
1987 — 7 7 #5,551
1985 — 7 7 #5,257
1984 — 8 8 #4,634
1983 — 7 7 #5,001
1982 — 15 15 #2,997
1979 — 8 8 #4,487
1978 — 8 8 #4,242
1977 — 6 6 #5,249
1975 — 7 7 #4,418
1974 — 9 9 #3,644
1972 — 9 9 #3,430
1971 — 6 6 #4,491
1970 — 6 6 #4,354
1969 — 6 6 #4,057
1967 — 5 5 #4,119
1966 — 9 9 #2,863
1965 — 6 6 #3,648
1964 — 13 13 #2,365
1963 — 8 8 #3,154
1962 — 14 14 #2,234
1961 — 6 6 #3,780
1960 — 16 16 #2,083
1959 — 6 6 #3,746
1958 — 14 14 #2,217
1957 — 12 12 #2,440
1956 — 6 6 #3,658
1955 — 11 11 #2,502
1954 — 6 6 #3,576
1953 — 7 7 #3,262
1952 — 9 9 #2,777
1951 — 12 12 #2,313
1950 — 9 9 #2,679
1949 — 7 7 #3,129
1948 — 12 12 #2,284
1947 — 12 12 #2,312
1946 — 11 11 #2,352
1945 — 11 11 #2,202
1944 — 11 11 #2,260
1943 — 5 5 #3,712
1942 — 17 17 #1,783
1941 — 16 16 #1,803
1940 — 12 12 #2,152
1939 — 8 8 #2,724
1938 — 9 9 #2,576
1937 — 12 12 #2,165
1936 — 5 5 #3,729
1935 — 9 9 #2,643
1933 — 11 11 #2,315
1932 — 7 7 #3,217
1931 — 9 9 #2,776
1930 — 5 5 #4,157
1929 — 10 10 #2,693
1928 — 8 8 #3,195
1927 — 18 18 #1,937
1926 — 16 16 #2,048
1925 — 13 13 #2,396
1924 — 16 16 #2,106
1923 — 8 8 #3,291
1922 — 13 13 #2,449
1921 — 17 17 #2,040
1920 — 19 19 #1,874
1919 — 22 22 #1,617
1918 — 14 14 #2,232
1917 — 24 24 #1,478
1916 — 16 16 #1,931
1915 — 23 23 #1,453
1914 — 25 25 #1,187
1913 — 13 13 #1,577
1912 — 7 7 #2,234