girls:
1.5k births since 1997
#4282 (25th percentile)
boys:
68 births since 1995
#4518 (1st percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1995
#6221 (20th percentile)
The name Kahlan is the #6,221 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,524 recorded births since 1995. This represents the 19.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,282 (25.1% percentile) for all time with 1,456 births since 1997. For boys, it ranks #4,518 (1.4% percentile) for all time with 68 births since 1995.
Kahlan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1995 (1995 for boys and 1997 for girls). Birth data for Kahlan is available in 28 out of the 29 years between 1995 and 2023 (27 years for girls and 9 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kahlan has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 95.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 55.0% of babies named Kahlan were girls. Interestingly, until around 1997, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1995 to 1996), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (95.9% girls from 1997 to 2023).
For girls, Kahlan reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 15.9% percentile (ranked #794) with 79 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 79 births per million (ranked 15.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kahlan ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 8.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kahlan reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #915) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kahlan ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 65.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kahlan".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Kahlan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 55.9% confident that Kahlan is pronounced as KAY-luhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kuhh-LAN, at 14.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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