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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Kaelin

Kaelin was the 16016th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1995, when it ranked 1111th; the most babies were born in 2005 (196). Over the last ten years it has moved down 11,911 places. More babies were named Kaelin in the 2000s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#16,016 girls, down 8,638 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
5girls
Girls and boys
57% girls, 43% boys2021–2025
Peak year
2005196 babies
Total since 1880
3,663babies recorded

Kaelin popularity since 1880

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GirlsBoys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Rank (boys)Babies (girls)Babies (boys)
2025#16,016#11,31256
2020#7,378#8,382159
2010#2,392#6,5427913
2000#1,892#3,1859027
1990#3,317#3,8713315
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How popular is Kaelin, counting every spelling?

Kaelin is a spelling of Kaylan, a name family that had 31 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 31 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Kaylan13#8,10078
Caylen6#13,53847
Kaelin5#16,01645
Kailan7#12,51240

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How many kids will share the name Kaelin?

5 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kaelin (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Kaelin born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,661 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kaelin.

Chance of another Kaelin in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Kaelin?

About 2,700 people born in the US named Kaelin are alive today, with a median age of 23; half are between 18 and 30. That makes Kaelin mostly worn by children and young adults.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Kaelin: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kaelin, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Kaelin

How popular is the name Kaelin?

Kaelin was the 16016th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1995, when it ranked 1111th; the most babies were born in 2005 (196). Over the last ten years it has moved down 11,911 places. More babies were named Kaelin in the 2000s than in any other decade.

Is Kaelin a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, 57% girls, 43% boys given the name Kaelin in the US.