Kalpana — girls' name
31 babies named Kalpana in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
61% of everyone ever named Kalpana was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Kalpana in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kalpana
The Social Security Administration has registered 31 babies named Kalpana between 1966 and 1974, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kalpana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1974. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kalpana performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kalpana shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kalpana 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 31 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.
Kalpana at a glance
Last recorded 1974Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kalpana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1966
- Peak year (1971)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1974.
31 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 8 births in a single year.
Kalpana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 19 births that decade — 61% of Kalpana's all-time total
Kalpana decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Kalpana's strongest decade
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
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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, 1966–1974 (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.