# Kalle (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kalle/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 358 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 33 / 325 (91% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 16, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 17 | 6,042 |
| 2000 | 26 | 4,595 |
| 2001 | 9 | 10,522 |
| 2002 | 10 | 9,857 |
| 2003 | 13 | 8,230 |
| 2004 | 9 | 11,149 |
| 2005 | 14 | 8,095 |
| 2006 | 13 | 8,968 |
| 2007 | 14 | 8,768 |
| 2008 | 5 | 18,923 |
| 2009 | 8 | 13,026 |
| 2010 | 7 | 14,202 |
| 2011 | 5 | 18,136 |
| 2012 | 5 | 18,156 |
| 2013 | 6 | 15,531 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 5 | 8,557 |
| 1991 | 5 | 8,880 |
| 1995 | 5 | 9,585 |
| 1997 | 7 | 7,693 |
| 2010 | 5 | 13,274 |
| 2015 | 6 | 11,399 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Kalle

- Kalle Rovanperä, Finnish race car driver (born 2000)
- Kalle Palander, Finnish alpine skier (born 1977)
- Kalle Anttila, Finnish wrestler (1887–1949)
- Kalle Jalkanen, Finnish cross-country skier (1907-1941)
- Kalle Kriit, Estonian sports cyclist (born 1983)
- Kalle Keituri, Finnish ski jumper
- Kalle Laanet, Estonian politician (born 1965)
- Kalle Lasn, Estonian-Canadian film maker, author, magazine editor and activist (born 1942)
- Kalle Koljonen, Finnish badminton player
- Kalle Kiiskinen, Finnish male curler
- Kalle Sundqvist, Canoe racer
- Kalle Westerlund, Finnish wrestler (1897-1972)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.