boys:
1.5k births since 1975
#3129 (32nd percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1975
#6220 (20th percentile)
The name Kalib is the #6,220 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,525 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 19.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,129 (31.7% percentile) for all time with 1,525 births since 1975.
Kalib first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (first recorded for boys in 1975). Birth data for Kalib is available in 41 out of the 49 years between 1975 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 boys, Kalib reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 10.4% percentile (ranked #784) with 44 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 44 births per million (ranked 10.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2007, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kalib ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 11.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kalib".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Kalib. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 44.4% confident that Kalib is pronounced as KAY-lihb, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAH-lihb, at 13.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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