Girls' name · since 1969
Kalie
5,313 babies named Kalie in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,470 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,774 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,313
- born since 1969
- 1990s
- peak decade
5,313 babies have been named Kalie since 1969, making it today's #5774 girls' name.
Kalie has 5,313 recorded births among girls since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5774 as of the latest data, more common than 67% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 2025.
- #2,470 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,774 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,313 born since 1969
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalie ranks #2,470 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,774 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,313 born since 1969, peaking in the 1990s.
- #2,470 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,774 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,313
- born since 1969
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kalie's 5,313 recorded births place it above 96.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
32 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Kalie compares
5,313 Top 13% higher than 87% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kalie's all-time total is 14x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kalie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,313 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 265 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kalie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kalie's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 39% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 61%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1969, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1998 peak of 265, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kalie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 265
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Kalie by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (2,219 births, 42% of the file).
1990s was Kalie's strongest decade.
2,219 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Kalie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 35
1970s
35 births
- 1980s 779
1980s
779 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,219 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,585 births
- 2010s 540
2010s
540 births
- 2020s 150
2020s
150 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 2,219 births (42% of all-time use).
How Kalie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Kalie's total volume
Kalie by state
Where Kalie concentrates geographically, total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 473 | 8.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 373 | 7.0% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 256 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 249 | 4.7% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 188 | 3.5% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 170 | 3.2% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 162 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 153 | 2.9% |
473 of 5,313 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 32 reporting states.
Kalie appears in 32 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kalie's data
- Kalie's decade-level peak was the 1990s (2,219 total births); usage has since declined to 150 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Kalies (473 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kalie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~56 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, 1969–2025 (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 Kalie 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.