girl's name

Kalima

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 197

Kalima is a girl's name. In 2022 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1984, when 10 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1975.

Kalima over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2022, not a full ten years.

43
'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Kalima by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 26
1980s 43
1990s 36
2000s 16
2010s 10
2020s (to 2022) 11

How popular is Kalima?

In 2022, Kalima was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Kalima is used

France #3,358 5 in 1990
United States #16,629 5 in 2022

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Kalima

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Kalima also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Kalima over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Kalima

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Kalima — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Kalima

How popular is the name Kalima?

In 2022, Kalima was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Kalima a girl's or a boy's name?

Kalima is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Kalima most popular?

Kalima peaked in 1984, when 10 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.