Masculine dossier · first seen 1912

Kalman

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Kalman
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2017

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Alpha

1912Peak 20172024

Peak year

2017

Decline from peak

42.3%

2024

All-time

1,231

Kalman has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2017, when 26 boys were named Kalman.

In 2024, only 15 boys were given the name.

Down 42.3% from its peak.

All told, about 1,231 Americans have been named Kalman and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1912.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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