Recorded 1987–2023 Boys' name Peak 1999 463 births

Kalab — boys' name

463 babies named Kalab in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s241990s1612000s1842010s752020s19
2000s
Peak decade

40% of everyone ever named Kalab was born in this single decade.

1999
Single peak year

30 babies were named Kalab in 1999 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kalab

The Social Security Administration has registered 463 babies named Kalab between 1987 and 2023, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kalab currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kalab performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 184 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kalab shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kalab in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kalab in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 463 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Kalab at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

463

Since 1987

37 years of records

Peak year

1999

30 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1987

Recorded for 37 years

Last year on file: 2023

Kalab popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1987

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (1999)
30
Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
010203040 20232016201020052000199519901987 5

Kalab by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
184 births that decade — 40% of Kalab's all-time total
1980s241990s1612000s1842010s752020s19

Kalab by state

Where Kalab concentrates geographically — total births since 1987

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Kalab
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Tennessee
7 1.5%
Tennessee share of Kalab's total US births 1.5%

7 of 463 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kalab?
463 babies have been named Kalab since 1987. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 1999 with 30 births.
When was Kalab most popular?
Kalab was most popular in the 2000s decade with 184 total births. The single peak year was 1999.
Where is Kalab most popular?
The top states for the name Kalab are Tennessee (7 births).
How long has the name Kalab been used?
Kalab has been recorded in Social Security data since 1987, spanning 37 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Kalab?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kaleb, Kale, Kalvin, Kalen, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1987–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.