Kline — boys' name

What the Data Says About Kline

The Social Security Administration has registered 238 babies named Kline between 1913 and 2023, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kline currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kline performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Kline shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kline in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kline 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 238 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.