unisex name

Kalle

  • Gender Unisex
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 374

Kalle is a unisex name. It is given to both girls and boys — about 88% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2015 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1998, when 39 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1977.

Kalle over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2015, not a full ten years.

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'70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Kalle by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 11
1980s 52
1990s 140
2000s 121
2010s (to 2015) 34

How popular is Kalle?

In 2015, Kalle was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Kalle is used

England & Wales #5,755 7 in 2024
United States #11,847 6 in 2015

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 Kalle

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

Parents who like Kalle also like

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

Sibling names for Kalle

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

Common questions about Kalle

How popular is the name Kalle?

In 2015, Kalle was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Kalle is used for both girls and boys. About 88% of recorded births with this name are girls.

When was Kalle most popular?

Kalle peaked in 1998, when 39 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.