Boys' name · since 1987
Kahle
115 babies named Kahle in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,487 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 115
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
115 boys have been named Kahle since 1987, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kahle has 115 recorded births among boys since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2017.
- #16,487 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 115 born since 1987
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kahle ranks #16,487 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 115 born since 1987, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,487 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 115
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kahle's 115 recorded births place it above 63.69% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kahle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kahle's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1993, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kahle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2017
- Peak year (2007)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Kahle by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (57 births, 50% of the file).
2000s was Kahle's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Kahle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
57 births
- 2010s
2010s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 57 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Kahle's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (57 total births) through the 2010s (41) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kahle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~30 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1987–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kahle draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.