Boys' name · since 2008
Kalu
Kalu has 38 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,115 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,012 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 38
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kalu is the #13012 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 38 recorded since 2008.
Kalu has 38 recorded births among boys since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13012 as of the latest data, more common than 7% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #24,115 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,012 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 38 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalu ranks #24,115 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,012 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 38 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #24,115 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,012 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 38
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kalu's 38 recorded births place it above 46.76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kalu compares
38 14th 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
Kalu's all-time total is 90% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kalu | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 38 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kalu's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kalu splits its recorded history at 2022: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2011 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kalu popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Kalu by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (26 births, 68% of the file).
2020s was Kalu's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Kalu births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 26 births (68% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kalu: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2008–2025 (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 Kalu 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.