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Kalin

#6,270 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Masculine form of Kalina

Kalin has been given to 3,416 babies in the U.S. since 1959. In 2025 it ranked #6,270 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1994, with 94 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 56% boys, 44% girls all-time.

Babies named Kalin, 2025

1 in 237,000

Kalin over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Kalin over time

In 2025, Kalin went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19592025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Kalin: meaning, origin, and history

Masculine form of Kalina

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kalin means

Kalin is a masculine form of Kalina.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Kalin → Kalina. The family’s meaning is “viburnum tree”, recorded in the naming reference for Kalina.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Kalina.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,897 boys were recorded with the name Kalin between 1959 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 94 in 1994; its best national rank was #1,181 in 1994.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,780 in 2020 to #6,270 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,027 in 2015 to #6,270 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,519 girls were recorded with the name Kalin between 1970 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 84 in 1998; its best national rank was #1,835 in 1998.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Kalin?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 237,000
14 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 122,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#6,270
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
164,137 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kalin sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 164,137 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kalin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kalins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kalin was born before 1997 — so the typical Kalin is around 28 today.

Median birth year
1997
About 28 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
35.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
41.3%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,897
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Choose a decade

1990s — 35.3% of all recorded uses (670).

Is Kalin rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+1,761
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,490
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,243
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.54×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
14.9%
Peak was 1994 (94)
Years since peak
31
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
22.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,181
1994

Spellings of Kalin

Kalin is not the most common spelling — Kevin is, with 37.8% against Kalin's 0.06%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Kalin is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Kalin was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 268,549 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 33,333
  2. 2California1 in 100,000
  3. 3Michigan1 in 100,000
  4. 4Colorado1 in —
  5. 5Georgia1 in —
  6. 6Illinois1 in —
  7. 7Missouri1 in —
  8. 8North Carolina1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kalin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Kalin is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Kalin was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 300,388 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Georgia1 in 100,000
  3. 3Florida1 in —
  4. 4Illinois1 in —
  5. 5Kentucky1 in —
  6. 6Michigan1 in —
  7. 7North Carolina1 in —
  8. 8New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kalin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kalin around the world

Where Kalin ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2006–2025
    #2,664
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2007–2020
    #711
    in 2020
  • Canada
    1991–2019
    #2,293
    in 2019
  • South Australia
    1985–2012
    #771
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Kalin by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,270
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,490
Best rank ever
#1,181
1994
Peak year
1994
94 that year
First recorded
1959
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,897
Count in 2025
14

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,835
1998
Peak year
1998
84 that year
First recorded
1970
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
1,519
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Kalin

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Kalin

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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