Recorded 1992–2013 Boys' name Peak 2001 67 births

Kalep — boys' name

67 babies named Kalep in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s122000s382010s17
2000s
Peak decade

57% of everyone ever named Kalep was born in this single decade.

2001
Single peak year

9 babies were named Kalep in 2001 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kalep

The Social Security Administration has registered 67 babies named Kalep between 1992 and 2013, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kalep currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kalep performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kalep shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kalep in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kalep 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 67 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.

Kalep at a glance

Last recorded 2013

Total births

67

Since 1992

22 years of records

Peak year

2001

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2013

Active since

1992

Recorded for 22 years

Last year on file: 2013

Kalep popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1992

Last recorded 2013
Peak year (2001)
9
Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
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Kalep by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
38 births that decade — 57% of Kalep's all-time total
1990s122000s382010s17

Kalep by state

Where Kalep concentrates geographically — total births since 1992

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Kalep
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Louisiana
5 7.5%
Louisiana share of Kalep's total US births 7.5%

5 of 67 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kalep?
67 babies have been named Kalep since 1992. It was last recorded in 2013. The peak year was 2001 with 9 births.
When was Kalep most popular?
Kalep was most popular in the 2000s decade with 38 total births. The single peak year was 2001.
Where is Kalep most popular?
The top states for the name Kalep are Louisiana (5 births).
How long has the name Kalep been used?
Kalep has been recorded in Social Security data since 1992, spanning 22 years of data through 2013.
What names are similar to Kalep?
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, 1992–2013 (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.