Girls' name · since 2003
Kalyana
39 babies named Kalyana in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #37,868 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 39
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kalyana sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 39 recorded since 2003.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalyana has been recorded 39 times among girls since 2003, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2014.
- #37,868 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 39 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalyana ranks #37,868 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 39 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #37,868 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 39
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kalyana's 39 recorded births place it above 47.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kalyana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kalyana splits its recorded history at 2011: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2009 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kalyana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2014
- Peak year (2013)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Kalyana by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (21 births, 54% of the file).
2010s was Kalyana's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Kalyana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
18 births
- 2010s
2010s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 21 births (54% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kalyana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~11 yrs)
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, 2003–2014 (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 Kalyana 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.