Girls' name · since 2000
Kalese
Kalese has 147 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,971 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 147
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kalese sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 147 recorded since 2000.
Kalese has 147 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls 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 2000 to 2024.
- #22,971 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 147 born since 2000
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalese ranks #22,971 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 147 born since 2000, peaking in the 2000s.
- #22,971 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 147
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kalese's 147 recorded births place it above 68.19% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kalese's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kalese's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2001, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2014 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kalese popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2024
- Peak year (2014)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Kalese by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (72 births, 49% of the file).
2000s was Kalese's strongest decade.
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Kalese births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
72 births
- 2010s
2010s
57 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 72 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Kalese's decade-level peak was the 2000s (72 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kalese: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~24 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, 2000–2024 (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 Kalese 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.