Kalob — boys' name
1,671 babies named Kalob in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
49% of everyone ever named Kalob was born in this single decade.
123 babies were named Kalob in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kalob
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,671 babies named Kalob between 1977 and 2023, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kalob currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 123 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kalob performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 818 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kalob shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 158 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Kalob in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kalob 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 1,671 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.
Kalob at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kalob popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1977
- Peak year (2000)
- 123
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
1,671 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 123 births in a single year.
Kalob by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 818 births that decade — 49% of Kalob's all-time total
Kalob decade highlights
- Peak decade 818 births
- Runner-up 501 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kalob's strongest decade
818 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Kalob by state
Where Kalob concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 158 | 9.5% |
| #2 | California | | 69 | 4.1% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 43 | 2.6% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 25 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 18 | 1.1% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 12 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Utah | | 12 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 11 | 0.7% |
158 of 1,671 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.5% of nationwide
- California 4.1% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.6% of nationwide
- Michigan 1.5% of nationwide
- Indiana 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 16 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kalob appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1977–2023 (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.