Recorded 1966–2018 Girls' name Peak 1982 404 births

Kalinda — girls' name

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.

1960s51970s321980s1411990s1002000s412010s85
1980s
Peak decade

35% of everyone ever named Kalinda was born in this single decade.

1982
Single peak year

23 babies were named Kalinda in 1982 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kalinda

The Social Security Administration has registered 404 babies named Kalinda between 1966 and 2018, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kalinda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kalinda performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 141 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kalinda shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kalinda 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 404 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.

Kalinda at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

404

Since 1966

53 years of records

Peak year

1982

23 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1966

Recorded for 53 years

Last year on file: 2018

Kalinda popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1966

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (1982)
23
Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
0510152025 201820132006199819931988198319771966 5

Kalinda by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
141 births that decade — 35% of Kalinda's all-time total
1960s51970s321980s1411990s1002000s412010s85

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kalinda?
404 babies have been named Kalinda since 1966. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 1982 with 23 births.
When was Kalinda most popular?
Kalinda was most popular in the 1980s decade with 141 total births. The single peak year was 1982.
How long has the name Kalinda been used?
Kalinda has been recorded in Social Security data since 1966, spanning 53 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Kalinda?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kali, Kaleigh, Kaley, Kallie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1966–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.