Girls' name · since 1997
Kalyani
Kalyani has 368 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,217 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,195 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 368
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kalyani currently ranks #5195 among girls' names in America, with 368 babies recorded since 1997.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalyani has been recorded 368 times among girls since 1997, currently ranked #5195 nationally and more common than 70% of girls, 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 1997 to 2025.
- #14,217 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,195 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 368 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalyani ranks #14,217 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,195 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 368 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,217 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,195 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 368
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kalyani's 368 recorded births place it above 80.33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Kalyani compares
368 49th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Kalyani's all-time total is 2% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kalyani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 368 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kalyani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kalyani splits its recorded history at 2013: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1997 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kalyani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Kalyani by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (159 births, 43% of the file).
2010s was Kalyani's strongest decade.
159 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Kalyani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
96 births
- 2010s
2010s
159 births
- 2020s
2020s
102 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 159 births (43% of all-time use).
Kalyani by state
Where Kalyani concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
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- Kalyani's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (159 total births) through the 2020s (102) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Kalyanis (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kalyani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Kalyani 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.