Kalian — boys' name
22 babies named Kalian in U.S. Social Security records since 2022, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Kalian was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Kalian in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kalian
The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Kalian between 2022 and 2023, spanning 2 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kalian currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kalian performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kalian 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 22 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.
Kalian at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kalian popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2022
- Peak year (2023)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 2 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
22 total births across 2 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 12 births in a single year.
Kalian by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 22 births that decade — 100% of Kalian's all-time total
Kalian decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Kalian's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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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, 2022–2023 (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.