How Many People Are Named Kalman?
people named Kalman are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 433,737 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,258 babies named Kalman in Social Security records from 1912 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
26 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Probably of Turkic origin, meaning "remainder". This was the name of a 12th-century king of Hungary. It was also borne in the 13th-century by the first king of Galicia-Volhynia, who was also a member of the Hungarian Árpád royal family. This name has been frequently confused with Koloman.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Kalman in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kalman alive today is about 32 years old, and 58% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 54 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kalman first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 2017, to 26 babies. In 2025, 26 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kalman has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,174, in 1914. In 2025 it ranked #4,087.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,087 |
| Best rank | #1,174 (1914) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,472 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kalman alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kalman were born in New York than in any other state: about 250 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kalman was given about 11.2 times as often in New York.
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