Kalina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-LEE-na
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,961 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,561 for girls
Kalina is a girls' name of Slavic origin, meaning “guelder rose”. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 1,561st for girls in the US (135 babies).
What does Kalina mean?
Slavic: Slavic plant name
“guelder rose”
Slavic word for the guelder rose, a shrub with bright red berries celebrated in Slavic folk songs.
Is Kalina a girl's or a boy's name?
Kalina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 135 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kalina in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,961st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Kalina, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,647th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 32 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kalina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Kalina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 21 | #1,538 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,611 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 20 | #1,605 |
| 2020 | 19 | #1,647 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,793 |
| 2018 | 28 | #1,274 |
| 2017 | 21 | #1,597 |
| 2016 | 32 | #1,162 |
| 2015 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 29 | #1,232 |
| 2011 | 24 | #1,379 |
| 2010 | 18 | #1,694 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,848 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,745 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Kalina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,561st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 135 about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 135 girls in the US were named Kalina, making it the 1,561st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,349th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 171 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962.
Half of all the girls named Kalina in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 226 girls in the US were given Kalina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #981, up from #1,561 for this spelling alone.
Kalina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 135 | #1,561 |
| 2024 | 131 | #1,598 |
| 2023 | 159 | #1,407 |
| 2022 | 133 | #1,590 |
| 2021 | 140 | #1,506 |
| 2020 | 163 | #1,349 |
| 2019 | 171 | #1,332 |
| 2018 | 149 | #1,474 |
| 2017 | 147 | #1,505 |
| 2016 | 139 | #1,590 |
| 2015 | 113 | #1,831 |
| 2014 | 130 | #1,643 |
| 2013 | 120 | #1,725 |
| 2012 | 115 | #1,782 |
| 2011 | 123 | #1,701 |
| 2010 | 116 | #1,769 |
| 2009 | 127 | #1,727 |
| 2008 | 116 | #1,844 |
| 2007 | 129 | #1,695 |
| 2006 | 128 | #1,651 |
| 2005 | 112 | #1,754 |
| 2004 | 111 | #1,733 |
| 2003 | 112 | #1,701 |
| 2002 | 101 | #1,778 |
| 2001 | 96 | #1,829 |
| 2000 | 81 | #2,030 |
| 1999 | 78 | #1,996 |
| 1998 | 73 | #2,023 |
| 1997 | 66 | #2,113 |
| 1996 | 59 | #2,250 |
| 1995 | 63 | #2,120 |
| 1994 | 58 | #2,250 |
| 1993 | 64 | #2,107 |
| 1992 | 46 | #2,645 |
| 1991 | 37 | #3,030 |
| 1990 | 46 | #2,566 |
| 1989 | 37 | #2,925 |
| 1988 | 46 | #2,364 |
| 1987 | 35 | #2,778 |
| 1986 | 32 | #2,902 |
| 1985 | 35 | #2,703 |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,422 |
| 1983 | 48 | #2,068 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,646 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,745 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,326 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
Names like Kalina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiara, Khadija, Sienna, Layla, Amira, Ayla, Aisha, Amara, Fatima, Mila, Safa, Eliana
Other spellings of Kalina
Names related to Kalina
Kalani, Kailani, Kaylin, Kalyn, Kailany, Kallan, Kaylanie, Kaliana
More Slavic names
Milan, Vera, Mira, Nadia, Milana, Rayna, Zora, Milena, Raina, Damir, Lev, Siyana, Vlad, Lilyana, Yuri, Milah
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kalina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kalina, updated 20 October 2026.