Unisex name · since 1992
Kallin
Kallin has 183 recorded births since 1992 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,501 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,064 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 183
- born since 1992
- 2010s
- peak decade
183 babies have been named Kallin since 1992, making it today's #10064 unisex name.
Kallin has 183 recorded births among boys since 1992, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10064 as of the latest data, more common than 28% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2025.
- #13,501 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,064 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 183 born since 1992
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kallin ranks #13,501 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,064 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 183 born since 1992, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,501 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,064 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 183
- born since 1992
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kallin's 183 recorded births place it above 70.28% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kallin compares
183 36th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Kallin's all-time total is 50% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kallin | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 183 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kallin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kallin's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1992, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2011 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kallin popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Currently ranks #10064 among boys.
183 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 19 births in a single year.
Kallin popularity over time - girls
24 total births recorded since 1989 (Kallin as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Kallin accounts for 12% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kallin by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (92 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Kallin's strongest decade.
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Kallin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 21
1990s
21 births
- 2000s
2000s
40 births
- 2010s
2010s
92 births
- 2020s 30
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 92 births (50% of all-time use).
Kallin decade highlights
- Peak decade 92 births
- Runner-up 40 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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- Kallin's decade-level peak was the 2010s (92 total births); usage has since declined to 30 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kallin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1992–2025 (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 Kallin 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.
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