Girls' name · since 2000
Kalis
Kalis has 261 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,176 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,863 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 261
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kalis currently ranks #15863 among girls' names in America, with 261 babies recorded since 2000.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalis has been recorded 261 times among girls since 2000, currently ranked #15863 nationally and more common than 8% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #17,176 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,863 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 261 born since 2000
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalis ranks #17,176 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,863 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 261 born since 2000, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,176 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,863 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 261
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kalis's 261 recorded births place it above 76.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kalis compares
261 42nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kalis's all-time total is 31% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kalis | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 261 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kalis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kalis's full recorded timeline at 2012, 38% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 62% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2023, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kalis popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Kalis popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2000 (Kalis as boys' name)
Kalis by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (136 births, 52% of the file).
2000s was Kalis's strongest decade.
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Kalis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
136 births
- 2010s
2010s
102 births
- 2020s 23
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 136 births (52% of all-time use).
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What to do with Kalis's data
- Kalis's decade-level peak was the 2000s (136 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2020s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kalis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~25 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, 2000–2025 (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 Kalis 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.