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.
- 261
- total births
- 2000–2025
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
261 girls have been named Kalis since 2000, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalis has been recorded 261 times among girls since 2000, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, 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.
- 261 total births
- 2000–2025 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 52% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
261 girls have been named Kalis since 2000, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2025.
- 261
- total births
- 2000–2025
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
52% of everyone ever named Kalis was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Kalis in 2007 - its busiest year on record.
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 at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
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
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2025.
261 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 22 births in a single year.
Kalis popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2000 (Kalis as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Kalis accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kalis by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
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).
Kalis decade highlights
- Peak decade 136 births
- Runner-up 102 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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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.
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Kalis: Baby Name Since 2000 - 261 Births, Peak 2007." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kalis. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 July 2026.
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