Kallin
#10,181 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Kallin has been given to 207 babies in the U.S. since 1992. In 2025 it ranked #10,181 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 19 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 88% boys, 12% girls all-time.
Babies named Kallin, 2025
1 in 474,000
Kallin over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Kallin over time
In 2025, Kallin went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
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.
How common is Kallin?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 474,000
- 7 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 244,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #10,181
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 328,272 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Kallin sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kallin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Kallins were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Kallin was born before 2012 — so the typical Kallin is around 13 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 50.3% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 85.2%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 183
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 50.3% of all recorded uses (92).
Is Kallin 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
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −107
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.00×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 36.8%
- Peak was 2011 (19)
- Years since peak
- 14
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 29.4% average annual change
Spellings of Kallin
Kallin is not the most common spelling — Allen is, with 24.5% against Kallin's 0.02%.
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.
Kallin around the world
Where Kallin 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.
- Scotland2014–2014#680in 2014
- South Australia2002–2002#606in 2002
Popularity data from National Records of Scotland and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Kallin by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Kallin
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Kallin
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.