Girls' name · since 1988
Kahlie
Kahlie has 122 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,930 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 122
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
122 girls have been named Kahlie since 1988, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kahlie has been recorded 122 times among girls since 1988, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2013.
- #24,930 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 122 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kahlie ranks #24,930 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 122 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #24,930 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 122
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kahlie's 122 recorded births place it above 65.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kahlie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kahlie's full recorded timeline at 1998, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1989, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1988 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kahlie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2013
- Peak year (1988)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Kahlie by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (57 births, 47% of the file).
1990s was Kahlie's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Kahlie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 20
1980s
20 births
- 1990s
1990s
57 births
- 2000s
2000s
31 births
- 2010s 14
2010s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 57 births (47% of all-time use).
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What to do with Kahlie's data
- Kahlie's decade-level peak was the 1990s (57 total births); usage has since declined to 14 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kahlie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1988–2013 (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 Kahlie 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.