Kalman
Kalman is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 15 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 150.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 201726 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1912
- 1,231people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,231 boys have been named Kalman in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2017, with 26 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1964, and the 2010s alone account for 13%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Kalman | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 144 | |
| 1920s | 138 | |
| 1930s | 75 | |
| 1940s | 114 | |
| 1950s | 92 | |
| 1960s | 83 | |
| 1970s | 59 | |
| 1980s | 51 | |
| 1990s | 83 | |
| 2000s | 137 | |
| 2010s | 166 | |
| 2020s | 89 |
In 2017, its biggest year
Kalman was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2017 were Liam, Noah, William, James and Logan. See all of 2017.
Names that rose and fell with Kalman
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Elsonpeak 1924
- Zenonpeak 1954
- Constantinepeak 2014
- Atleepeak 2022
- Ivenpeak 2006
- Vaughanpeak 2006
- Arminpeak 2023
- Drexelpeak 1957
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.