Kalyan — #7505 US boys' name
183 babies named Kalyan in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 47% of names given to boys today.
52% of everyone ever named Kalyan was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Kalyan in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kalyan
The Social Security Administration has registered 183 babies named Kalyan between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kalyan currently holds the #7505 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kalyan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 95 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kalyan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kalyan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kalyan 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 183 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.
Kalyan at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Kalyan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2001
- Peak year (2010)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
Currently ranks #7505 among boys.
183 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 14 births in a single year.
Kalyan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 95 births that decade — 52% of Kalyan's all-time total
Kalyan decade highlights
- Peak decade 95 births
- Runner-up 59 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kalyan's strongest decade
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Kalyan by state
Where Kalyan concentrates geographically — total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 3.3% |
6 of 183 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2001–2024 (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.