Girls' name · since 1997
Kalayna
66 babies named Kalayna in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,780 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 66
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kalayna sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 66 recorded since 1997.
Kalayna has 66 recorded births among girls since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2018.
- #31,780 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 66 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalayna ranks #31,780 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 66 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #31,780 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 66
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kalayna's 66 recorded births place it above 55.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kalayna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kalayna's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2018 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kalayna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2018
- Peak year (2018)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Kalayna by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (37 births, 56% of the file).
2010s was Kalayna's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Kalayna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
24 births
- 2010s
2010s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 37 births (56% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kalayna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1997–2018 (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 Kalayna 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.