Girls' name · since 2007

Kahlina

29 babies named Kahlina in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#41,327 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#16,241 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
29
born since 2007
2010s
peak decade

29 babies have been named Kahlina since 2007, making it today's #16241 girls' name.

Social Security Administration records show Kahlina recorded 29 times among girls since 2007, holding rank #16241 nationally today, ahead of 6% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2025.

  • #41,327 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #16,241 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 29 born since 2007
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kahlina ranks #41,327 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,241 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 29 born since 2007, peaking in the 2010s.

#41,327 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#16,241 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
29
born since 2007
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%6.1%
Kahlina vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Kahlina's 29 recorded births place it above 42.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Kahlina compares

29 10th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Kahlina's all-time total is 92% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Kahlina Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 29 376 567,345
Peak-year births 8 21 19,840

Kahlina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Kahlina's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 66% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 34%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2007, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2017 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Kahlina popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2017)
8
Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
456789 20072011201620172025 5

Kahlina by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (19 births, 66% of the file).

2010s was Kahlina's strongest decade.

19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.

Kahlina births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 19 births (66% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kahlina?
29 babies have been named Kahlina since 2007. All-time, it sits at #41,327 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #16,241 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2017 with 8 births.
Where does Kahlina sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kahlina ranks #41,327 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,241 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Kahlina most popular?
Kahlina was most popular in the 2010s decade with 19 total births. The single peak year was 2017.
How long has the name Kahlina been used?
Kahlina has been recorded in Social Security data since 2007, spanning 19 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Kahlina?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kahlani, Kahlan, Kahlia, Kahla, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Kahlina's data

  • Kahlina's decade-level peak was the 2010s (19 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- 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.

Keep exploring Kahlina

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Kahlina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2007–2025 (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 Kahlina 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.