Kalen
Kalen was the 2086th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 71 babies. Its best year was 1998, when it ranked 859th with 169 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 37 places. More babies were named Kalen in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,086 boys, up 69 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 71boys
- Girls and boys
- 5% girls, 95% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1998169 babies
- Total since 1880
- 6,096babies recorded
Kalen popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,487 | #2,086 | 9 | 71 |
| 2020 | — | #2,155 | — | 65 |
| 2010 | #6,767 | #1,363 | 19 | 125 |
| 2000 | #2,757 | #1,159 | 53 | 120 |
| 1990 | #3,253 | #1,040 | 34 | 104 |
| 1980 | #8,546 | #1,832 | 7 | 31 |
| 1970 | #8,584 | #3,675 | 5 | 8 |
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How popular is Kalen, counting every spelling?
Kalen is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,294 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,086 for Kalen on its own. Together these spellings went to 138 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalen | 71 | #2,086 | 385 |
| Calan | 34 | #3,391 | 187 |
| Kalan | 26 | #4,087 | 123 |
| Keylon | 7 | #10,225 | 38 |
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 Kalen?
71 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kalen (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kalen 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 118 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kalen.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kalen?
About 4,500 people born in the US named Kalen are alive today, with a median age of 24; half are between 15 and 33. That makes Kalen mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Kalen by state
How common Kalen was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 43 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Kalen
How popular is the name Kalen?
Kalen was the 2086th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 71 babies. Its best year was 1998, when it ranked 859th with 169 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 37 places. More babies were named Kalen in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Kalen a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 5% girls, 95% boys given the name Kalen in the US.
Where is Kalen most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kalen was most common in Alabama (0.06 per 1,000 boys), followed by Florida and North Carolina.