Girls' name · since 1982
Kalenna
64 babies named Kalenna in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #32,122 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 64
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
64 girls have been named Kalenna since 1982, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalenna has been recorded 64 times among girls since 1982, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2017.
- #32,122 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 64 born since 1982
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalenna ranks #32,122 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 64 born since 1982, peaking in the 2010s.
- #32,122 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 64
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kalenna's 64 recorded births place it above 55.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kalenna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kalenna's full recorded timeline at 2014, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1985, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kalenna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2017
- Peak year (2015)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Kalenna by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (43 births, 67% of the file).
2010s was Kalenna's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Kalenna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 43 births (67% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kalenna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~35 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, 1982–2017 (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 Kalenna 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.