Recorded 1978–2011 Girls' name Peak 2004 30 births

Kaliska — girls' name

30 babies named Kaliska in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s61990s52000s132010s6
2000s
Peak decade

43% of everyone ever named Kaliska was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

7 babies were named Kaliska in 2004 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kaliska

The Social Security Administration has registered 30 babies named Kaliska between 1978 and 2011, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaliska currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaliska performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kaliska shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kaliska 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 30 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.

Kaliska at a glance

Last recorded 2011

Total births

30

Since 1978

34 years of records

Peak year

2004

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2011

Active since

1978

Recorded for 34 years

Last year on file: 2011

Kaliska popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1978

Last recorded 2011
Peak year (2004)
7
Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 20112005200419931978 6

Kaliska by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
13 births that decade — 43% of Kaliska's all-time total
1970s61990s52000s132010s6

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kaliska?
30 babies have been named Kaliska since 1978. It was last recorded in 2011. The peak year was 2004 with 7 births.
When was Kaliska most popular?
Kaliska was most popular in the 2000s decade with 13 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
How long has the name Kaliska been used?
Kaliska has been recorded in Social Security data since 1978, spanning 34 years of data through 2011.
What names are similar to Kaliska?
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, 1978–2011 (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.