Recorded 1996–2022 Girls' name Peak 2015 163 births

Kalkidan — girls' name

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.

1990s102000s492010s782020s26
2010s
Peak decade

48% of everyone ever named Kalkidan was born in this single decade.

2015
Single peak year

13 babies were named Kalkidan in 2015 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kalkidan

The Social Security Administration has registered 163 babies named Kalkidan between 1996 and 2022, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kalkidan currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kalkidan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 78 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kalkidan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kalkidan 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 163 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.

Kalkidan at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

163

Since 1996

27 years of records

Peak year

2015

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1996

Recorded for 27 years

Last year on file: 2022

Kalkidan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1996

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2015)
13
Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
468101214 20222018201520112008200419981996 5

Kalkidan by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
78 births that decade — 48% of Kalkidan's all-time total
1990s102000s492010s782020s26

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kalkidan?
163 babies have been named Kalkidan since 1996. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2015 with 13 births.
When was Kalkidan most popular?
Kalkidan was most popular in the 2010s decade with 78 total births. The single peak year was 2015.
How long has the name Kalkidan been used?
Kalkidan has been recorded in Social Security data since 1996, spanning 27 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Kalkidan?
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, 1996–2022 (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.