Kalup — boys' name
74 babies named Kalup in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Kalup was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Kalup in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kalup
The Social Security Administration has registered 74 babies named Kalup between 1989 and 2007, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kalup currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kalup performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kalup shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kalup 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 74 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.
Kalup at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kalup popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1989
- Peak year (2002)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
74 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 9 births in a single year.
Kalup by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 38 births that decade — 51% of Kalup's all-time total
Kalup decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Runner-up 28 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kalup's strongest decade
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% 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, 1989–2007 (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.