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Kalen

#2,086 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Kalen has been given to 6,096 babies in the U.S. since 1959. In 2025 it ranked #2,086 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1998, with 169 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 76% boys, 24% girls all-time.

Babies named Kalen, 2025

1 in 46,700

Kalen over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Kalen over time

In 2025, Kalen went to 11% girls and 89% boys.

19522025

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.

Kalen: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kalen means

Kalen is a given name.

The naming story behind Kalen

Wikidata records Kalen as a unisex given name. The entity identifier is Q18325588, 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, 4,629 boys were recorded with the name Kalen between 1959 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 169 in 1998; its best national rank was #858 in 1998.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,155 in 2020 to #2,086 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,123 in 2015 to #2,086 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,467 girls were recorded with the name Kalen between 1952 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 64 in 1994; its best national rank was #2,129 in 1994.

Over 10 years its rank fell, from #7,790 in 2015 to #10,483 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 Kalen?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 46,700
71 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 24,100
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,086
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
32,366 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kalen sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 5001%

Put another way: gather 32,366 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kalen. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kalens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kalen was born before 2001 — so the typical Kalen is around 24 today.

Median birth year
2001
About 24 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
27.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
52.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,629
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2000s — 27.7% of all recorded uses (1,282).

Is Kalen 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
−37
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+69
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+37
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.08×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
42.0%
Peak was 1998 (169)
Years since peak
27
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#858
1998

Spellings of Kalen

Kalen is not the most common spelling — Kyle is, with 14.2% against Kalen's 0.14%.

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 Kalen is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Kalen was most concentrated in North Carolina — about 1 in 20,000 boys, against 1 in 36,668 across all states with data. It was least common in Georgia (1 in 100,000).

15 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1North Carolina1 in 20,000
  2. 2Alabama1 in 33,333
  3. 3Florida1 in 33,333
  4. 4Illinois1 in 33,333
  5. 5Texas1 in 33,333
  6. 6California1 in 50,000
  7. 7Ohio1 in 50,000
  8. 8Tennessee1 in 50,000

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.

Where Kalen is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Kalen was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 256,386 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Florida1 in —
  4. 4Georgia1 in —
  5. 5Louisiana1 in —
  6. 6North Carolina1 in —
  7. 7Wisconsin1 in —

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. Kalen has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kalen around the world

Where Kalen 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
    1996–2025
    #3,684
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1996–2015
    #686
    in 2015
  • Ireland
    2007–2023
    #770
    in 2023
  • France
    1997–2025
    #4,467
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #2,550
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1986–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Kalen

People whose public names include Kalen, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Kalen in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Kalen. Linked forms have their own page here.

KaleKelen

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Kalen by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,086
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 69
Best rank ever
#858
1998
Peak year
1998
169 that year
First recorded
1959
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,629
Count in 2025
71

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#10,483
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#2,129
1994
Peak year
1994
64 that year
First recorded
1952
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,467
Count in 2025
9

Names similar to Kalen

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

KallenKalelKaleoKalinKalobKalibKalvinKaleKalanKalilKylenKalaniKalonNolenRylenKalemArlenCalenKalmanTalenDalenDaylenTylenHarlen

Names with a curve like Kalen

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

AlexandreJoseluisRayshawnJuancarlosMohamadDeanthonyFredyDeshaunDontaeKeonMarkellJelani

Sibling names for Kalen

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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