Girls' name · since 1976
Kelina
Since 1976, U.S. Social Security records show 235 babies named Kelina, peaking in 2006. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,188 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,375 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 235
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kelina currently ranks #15375 among girls' names in America, with 235 babies recorded since 1976.
Kelina has 235 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15375 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of girls, 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 1976 to 2025.
- #18,188 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,375 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 235 born since 1976
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kelina ranks #18,188 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,375 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 235 born since 1976, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,188 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,375 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 235
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kelina's 235 recorded births place it above 74.82% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kelina compares
235 40th 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
Kelina's all-time total is 37% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kelina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 235 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kelina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kelina's full recorded timeline at 2005, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kelina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Kelina by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (79 births, 34% of the file).
2000s was Kelina's strongest decade.
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Kelina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 23
1980s
23 births
- 1990s
1990s
40 births
- 2000s
2000s
79 births
- 2010s
2010s
46 births
- 2020s
2020s
42 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 79 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Kelina's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (79 total births) through the 2020s (42) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kelina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1976–2025 (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 Kelina 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.