Girls' name · since 1996
Kalkidan
163 babies named Kalkidan in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,904 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 163
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kalkidan is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 163 have been recorded since 1996.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalkidan has been recorded 163 times among girls since 1996, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2022.
- #21,904 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 163 born since 1996
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalkidan ranks #21,904 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 163 born since 1996, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,904 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 163
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kalkidan's 163 recorded births place it above 69.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kalkidan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kalkidan splits its recorded history at 2011: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1996 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kalkidan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2022
- Peak year (2015)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Kalkidan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (78 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Kalkidan's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Kalkidan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
49 births
- 2010s
2010s
78 births
- 2020s 26
2020s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 78 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Kalkidan's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (78 total births) through the 2020s (26) -- 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 Kalkidan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1996–2022 (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 Kalkidan 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.