Unisex name · since 2016
Kalki
Since 2016, U.S. Social Security records show 48 babies named Kalki, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #35,455 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,596 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 48
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
48 babies have been named Kalki since 2016, making it today's #16596 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Kalki recorded 48 times among girls since 2016, holding rank #16596 nationally today, ahead of 4% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2025.
- #35,455 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,596 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 48 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalki ranks #35,455 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,596 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 48 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #35,455 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,596 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 48
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kalki's 48 recorded births place it above 50.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kalki compares
48 15th 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
Kalki's all-time total is 87% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kalki | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 48 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kalki's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kalki splits its recorded history at 2022: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2018 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kalki popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Kalki popularity over time - boys
13 total births recorded since 2021 (Kalki as boys' name)
Kalki by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (31 births, 65% of the file).
2020s was Kalki's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Kalki births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
17 births
- 2020s
2020s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 31 births (65% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kalki: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~9 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, 2016–2025 (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 Kalki 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.