Kalima — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kalima

The Social Security Administration has registered 142 babies named Kalima between 1975 and 2022, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kalima currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kalima performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kalima shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kalima in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kalima 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 142 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.