Girls' name · since 1993
Kaline
Kaline has 27 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1995 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #42,256 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
27 girls have been named Kaline since 1993, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kaline has 27 recorded births among girls since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2015.
- #42,256 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 27 born since 1993
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaline ranks #42,256 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 1993, peaking in the 1990s.
- #42,256 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kaline's 27 recorded births place it above 41.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kaline's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kaline splits its recorded history at 2001: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1993 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1995 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kaline popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2015
- Peak year (1995)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Kaline by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (12 births, 44% of the file).
1990s was Kaline's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Kaline births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 12 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Kaline's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 2010s (5) -- 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 Kaline: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~22 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, 1993–2015 (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 Kaline 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.