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Kaelin

#16,012 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Kaelin has been given to 3,663 babies in the U.S. since 1981. In 2025 it ranked #16,012 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2005, with 196 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 75% girls, 25% boys all-time.

Babies named Kaelin, 2025

1 in 663,000

Kaelin over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Kaelin over time

In 2025, Kaelin went to 45% girls and 55% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Kaelin: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kaelin means

Kaelin is a given name.

The naming story behind Kaelin

Wikidata records Kaelin as a given name. The entity identifier is Q120753121, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,737 girls were recorded with the name Kaelin between 1981 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 196 in 2005; its best national rank was #1,108 in 1995.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,373 in 2020 to #16,012 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,104 in 2015 to #16,012 in 2025.

In the United States, 926 boys were recorded with the name Kaelin between 1984 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 121 in 1995; its best national rank was #1,007 in 1995.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #8,377 in 2020 to #11,308 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #9,142 in 2015 to #11,308 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Kaelin?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 321,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#16,012
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kaelin sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kaelin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kaelins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kaelin was born before 2003 — so the typical Kaelin is around 22 today.

Median birth year
2003
About 22 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
47.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
61.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,737
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 47.2% of all recorded uses (1,291).

Is Kaelin rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
—
Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
−8,639
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−11,908
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.14×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
2.6%
Peak was 2005 (196)
Years since peak
20
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,108
1995

Spellings of Kaelin

Kaelin is not the most common spelling — Katelyn is, with 21.0% against Kaelin's 0.43%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Kaelin is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Kaelin was most concentrated in Kentucky — about 1 in 33,333 girls, against 1 in 113,446 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Kentucky1 in 33,333
  2. 2California1 in 50,000
  3. 3Florida1 in 50,000
  4. 4Washington1 in 50,000
  5. 5Georgia1 in 100,000
  6. 6Indiana1 in 100,000
  7. 7New York1 in 100,000
  8. 8Ohio1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kaelin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Kaelin is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Kaelin was most concentrated in Kentucky — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 527,549 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Kentucky1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Florida1 in —
  4. 4Georgia1 in —
  5. 5Illinois1 in —
  6. 6Indiana1 in —
  7. 7Missouri1 in —
  8. 8Pennsylvania1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kaelin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kaelin around the world

Where Kaelin ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2005–2012
    #5,876
    in 2012
  • Ireland
    2005–2009
    #893
    in 2009
  • Canada
    1994–2012
    #2,131
    in 2012
  • South Australia
    2001–2010
    #801
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Kaelin by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#16,012
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 8,639
Best rank ever
#1,108
1995
Peak year
2005
196 that year
First recorded
1981
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,737
Count in 2025
5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#11,308
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,931
Best rank ever
#1,007
1995
Peak year
1995
121 that year
First recorded
1984
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
926
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Kaelin

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

KaeliTaylinKaelieAshlinCaylinKaelynnKaetlinMaylinKaedynKaelaniCailinDaylinKaelaCarlinKaelyBerlinKaelynMarlinJoslinRaylinAislinJazlinJocelinKailin

Names with a curve like Kaelin

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Kaelin, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

AshlinJocelinKierstynGiselHailyAlexsandraTyasiaAysiaShaelynYazmineMakaelaEstefani

Sibling names for Kaelin

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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