Girls' name · since 1966
Kalinda
404 babies named Kalinda in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,428 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 404
- born since 1966
- 1980s
- peak decade
404 girls have been named Kalinda since 1966, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kalinda has 404 recorded births among girls since 1966, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 2018.
- #13,428 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 404 born since 1966
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalinda ranks #13,428 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 404 born since 1966, peaking in the 1980s.
- #13,428 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 404
- born since 1966
- 1980s
- peak decade
Kalinda's 404 recorded births place it above 81.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kalinda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kalinda's SSA record in two at 1994 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1966, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1982 peak of 23, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kalinda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–2018
- Peak year (1982)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Kalinda by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (141 births, 35% of the file).
1980s was Kalinda's strongest decade.
141 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Kalinda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 32
1970s
32 births
- 1980s
1980s
141 births
- 1990s
1990s
100 births
- 2000s 41
2000s
41 births
- 2010s
2010s
85 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 141 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Kalinda's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (141 total births) through the 2010s (85) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kalinda: 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 (~52 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, 1966–2018 (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 Kalinda 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.