girls:
2.6k births since 1962
#3391 (41st percentile)
overall:
2.6k births since 1962
#5256 (32nd percentile)
The name Kalena is the #5,256 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,598 recorded births since 1962. This represents the 32.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 32.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,391 (40.7% percentile) for all time with 2,598 births since 1962.
Kalena first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1962 (first recorded for girls in 1962). Birth data for Kalena is available in 54 out of the 62 years between 1962 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Kalena reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 9.6% percentile (ranked #858) with 51 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 51 births per million (ranked 9.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kalena ranks #893 for girls (5.7% percentile) with 34 births per million, which is 66.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kalena".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Kalena", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 18 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Kalina" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Kalina..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kalena. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.3% confident that Kalena is pronounced as kuh-LEE-nuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kuh-LEH-nuh, at 14.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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