Girls' name · since 1991
Kelana
Since 1991, U.S. Social Security records show 46 babies named Kelana, peaking in 2007. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 46
- total births
- 1991–2023
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 57%
- born in that decade
Kelana sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 46 recorded since 1991.
Kelana has 46 recorded births among girls since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2023.
- 46 total births
- 1991–2023 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 57% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kelana's 46 recorded births place it above 50% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kelana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kelana's SSA record in two at 2003 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1991, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kelana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2023
- Peak year (2007)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Kelana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Kelana's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Kelana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
15 births
- 2000s
2000s
26 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 26 births (57% of all-time use).
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- Kelana's decade-level peak was the 2000s (26 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1991–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kelana: Baby Name Since 1991 - 46 Births, Peak 2007." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kelana. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kelana 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 July 2026.