Kalif — #12646 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kalif

The Social Security Administration has registered 407 babies named Kalif between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kalif currently holds the #12646 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kalif performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 171 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kalif shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Kalif in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kalif 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 407 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.