girls:
1.5k births since 1970
#4226 (26th percentile)
boys:
1.9k births since 1959
#2890 (37th percentile)
overall:
3.4k births since 1959
#4694 (39th percentile)
The name Kalin is the #4,694 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,392 recorded births since 1959. This represents the 39.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 39.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,890 (36.9% percentile) for all time with 1,873 births since 1959. For girls, it ranks #4,226 (26.0% percentile) for all time with 1,519 births since 1970.
Kalin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1959 (1959 for boys and 1970 for girls). Birth data for Kalin is available in 61 out of the 65 years between 1959 and 2023 (57 years for boys and 47 years for girls). 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 Kalin has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (55.2% of all recorded births). In 2023, 68.4% of babies named Kalin were boys.
For boys, Kalin reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 11.5% percentile (ranked #687) with 46 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 46 births per million (ranked 11.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kalin ranks #903 for boys (0.9% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 15.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Kalin reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 9.0% percentile (ranked #795) with 43 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 43 births per million (ranked 9.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2002, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kalin ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 7.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kalin".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Kalin. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 55.8% confident that Kalin is pronounced as KAY-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KA-lihn, at 20.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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