Boys' name · since 1981
Kalik
191 babies named Kalik in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,243 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 191
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kalik sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 191 recorded since 1981.
Kalik has 191 recorded births among boys since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys 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 1981 to 2014.
- #13,243 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 191 born since 1981
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalik ranks #13,243 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 191 born since 1981, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,243 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 191
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kalik's 191 recorded births place it above 70.85% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kalik's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kalik's full recorded timeline at 2002, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kalik popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2014
- Peak year (2007)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Kalik by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (115 births, 60% of the file).
2000s was Kalik's strongest decade.
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Kalik births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
49 births
- 2000s
2000s
115 births
- 2010s 21
2010s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 115 births (60% of all-time use).
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- Kalik's decade-level peak was the 2000s (115 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2010s -- 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 Kalik: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~33 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, 1981–2014 (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 Kalik 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.