Girls' name · since 1985
Kalla
Kalla has 334 recorded births since 1985 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1986 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,040 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,645 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 334
- born since 1985
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kalla currently ranks #7645 among girls' names in America, with 334 babies recorded since 1985.
Social Security Administration records show Kalla recorded 334 times among girls since 1985, holding rank #7645 nationally today, ahead of 56% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2025.
- #15,040 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,645 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 334 born since 1985
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalla ranks #15,040 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,645 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 334 born since 1985, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,040 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,645 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 334
- born since 1985
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kalla's 334 recorded births place it above 79.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kalla compares
334 47th 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
Kalla's all-time total is 11% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kalla | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 334 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kalla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kalla's full recorded timeline at 2005, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2003, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1986 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kalla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2025
- Peak year (1986)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Kalla by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (85 births, 25% of the file).
2010s was Kalla's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Kalla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
58 births
- 1990s
1990s
84 births
- 2000s
2000s
50 births
- 2010s
2010s
85 births
- 2020s
2020s
57 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 85 births (25% of all-time use).
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- Kalla's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (85 total births) through the 2020s (57) -- 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 Kalla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1985–2025 (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 Kalla 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.