Kalley — #12437 US girls' name
705 babies named Kalley in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 30% of names given to girls today.
45% of everyone ever named Kalley was born in this single decade.
64 babies were named Kalley in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kalley
The Social Security Administration has registered 705 babies named Kalley between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kalley currently holds the #12437 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 64 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kalley performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 315 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kalley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 168 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kalley in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kalley 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 705 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.
Kalley at a glance
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Current rank
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Kalley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1977
- Peak year (1997)
- 64
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
Currently ranks #12437 among girls.
705 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 64 births in a single year.
Kalley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 315 births that decade — 45% of Kalley's all-time total
Kalley decade highlights
- Peak decade 315 births
- Runner-up 181 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kalley's strongest decade
315 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Kalley by state
Where Kalley concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 168 | 23.8% |
168 of 705 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Minnesota 23.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Minnesota accounts for 23.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1977–2024 (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.