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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Kalem” in the USA?

Number of people named “Kalem” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Kalem” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Kalem” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Kalem” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Kalem” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Kalem” by birth year

This chart shows how “Kalem” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1974 6 0.000001974 6 -100%
1976 10 0.000003296 10 -100%
1977 15 0.000004722 15 -100%
1979 8 0.000002405 8 -100%
1980 9 0.000002613 9 -100%
1981 6 0.000001734 6 -100%
1982 17 0.000004846 17 -100%
1983 7 0.000002021 7 -100%
1984 10 0.000002866 10 -100%
1985 13 0.000003642 13 -100%
1986 10 0.000002811 10 -100%
1987 12 0.000003328 12 -100%
1988 19 0.000005142 19 -100%
1989 23 0.000005983 23 -100%
1990 20 0.00000506 20 -100%
1991 24 0.000006161 24 -100%
1992 10 0.000002603 10 -100%
1993 18 0.000004774 18 -100%
1994 11 0.000002959 11 -100%
1995 17 0.000004642 17 -100%
1996 16 0.000004387 16 -100%
1997 25 0.000006895 25 -100%
1998 23 0.000006253 23 -100%
1999 20 0.000005414 20 -100%
2000 15 0.000003968 15 -100%
2001 12 0.000003206 12 -100%
2002 23 0.000006153 23 -100%
2003 22 0.000005786 22 -100%
2004 17 0.000004449 17 -100%
2005 14 0.000003641 14 -100%
2006 23 0.000005814 23 -100%
2007 21 0.000005253 21 -100%
2008 28 0.000007123 28 -100%
2009 34 0.0000089 34 -100%
2010 22 0.000005953 22 -100%
2011 19 0.000005194 19 -100%
2012 24 0.000006562 24 -100%
2013 29 0.000007955 29 -100%
2014 35 0.000009443 35 -100%
2015 30 0.000008106 30 -100%
2016 29 0.000007905 29 -100%
2017 38 0.000010626 38 -100%
2018 27 0.000007679 27 -100%
2019 33 0.000009508 33 -100%
2020 30 0.00000898 30 -100%
2021 23 0.000006789 23 -100%
2022 26 0.000007685 26 -100%
2023 19 0.000005738 19 -100%
2024 13 0.000003906 13 -100%

Explore other names

These names are alphabetically near to Kalem:

  1. Kaleiya
  2. Kaleiyah
  3. Kalek
  4. Kalel
  5. Kalell
  6. Kalem (this page)
  7. Kalen
  8. Kalena
  9. Kalene
  10. Kalenna
  11. Kaleo