Boys' name · since 1987
Kalab
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.
- #8,255 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 463
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kalab is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 463 have been recorded since 1987.
Kalab has 463 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 2023.
- #8,255 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 463 born since 1987
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalab ranks #8,255 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 463 born since 1987, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,255 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 463
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kalab's 463 recorded births place it above 81.84% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Tennessee.
Kalab's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kalab splits its recorded history at 2004: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1999 peak of 30 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kalab popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2023
- Peak year (1999)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Kalab by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (184 births, 40% of the file).
2000s was Kalab's strongest decade.
184 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Kalab births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 24
1980s
24 births
- 1990s
1990s
161 births
- 2000s
2000s
184 births
- 2010s
2010s
75 births
- 2020s 19
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 184 births (40% of all-time use).
Kalab by state
Where Kalab concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Tennessee | | 7 | 1.5% |
7 of 463 births nationwide.
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- Kalab's decade-level peak was the 2000s (184 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Tennessee records the most Kalabs (7 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Tennessee names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kalab: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1987–2023 (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 Kalab 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.