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Kellan

#1,031 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Kellen

Kellan has been given to 11,269 babies in the U.S. since 1958. In 2025 it ranked #1,031 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2013, with 843 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 95% boys, 5% girls all-time.

Babies named Kellan, 2025

1 in 15,400

Kellan over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Kellan went to 4% girls and 96% boys.

19582025

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.

Kellan: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Kellen

Irish

What Kellan means

Kellan is a variant of Kellen.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Kellan → Kellen. The family’s proposed meaning is “swampy area”, recorded in the naming reference for Kellen.

Origin, language, and formation

Kellan is used in English. Its origins include Irish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Kellen.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 10,752 boys were recorded with the name Kellan between 1958 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 843 in 2013; its best national rank was #364 in 2011.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #689 in 2020 to #1,031 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #398 in 2015 to #1,031 in 2025.

In the United States, 517 girls were recorded with the name Kellan between 1968 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 27 in 2013; its best national rank was #5,070 in 2013.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #11,615 in 2020 to #11,421 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #9,227 in 2015 to #11,421 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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Kellan?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 15,400
215 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 7,940
0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,031
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
10,689 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kellan 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 5003%

Put another way: gather 10,689 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kellan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kellans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kellan was born before 2013 — so the typical Kellan is around 12 today.

Median birth year
2013
About 12 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
62.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
91.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
10,752
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 62.5% of all recorded uses (6,717).

Is Kellan 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
−110
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−342
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−633
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.28×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
25.5%
Peak was 2013 (843)
Years since peak
12
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
26.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#364
2011

Spellings of Kellan

Kellan is not the most common spelling — Allan is, with 18.3% against Kellan's 2.0%.

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 Kellan is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Kellan was most concentrated in Massachusetts — about 1 in 2,273 boys, against 1 in 4,825 across all states with data. It was least common in Mississippi (1 in 25,000).

444 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Massachusetts1 in 2,273
  2. 2Minnesota1 in 2,564
  3. 3Washington1 in 2,632
  4. 4Iowa1 in 2,941
  5. 5Colorado1 in 3,030
  6. 6Pennsylvania1 in 3,030
  7. 7Missouri1 in 3,226
  8. 8Ohio1 in 3,448

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.

Geographically, Kellan is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 32% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Kellan is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Kellan was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 898,231 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 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. Kellan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kellan around the world

Where Kellan 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
    #4,275
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2011–2018
    #595
    in 2018
  • Ireland
    2013–2015
    #699
    in 2015
  • France
    2006–2025
    #1,943
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #1,331
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1988–2010
    #754
    in 2010

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 Kellan

People whose public names include Kellan, 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.

Kellan in other languages

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

Kellen

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

Kellan by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,031
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 342
Best rank ever
#364
2011
Peak year
2013
843 that year
First recorded
1958
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
10,752
Count in 2025
215

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#11,421
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 194
Best rank ever
#5,070
2013
Peak year
2013
27 that year
First recorded
1968
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
517
Count in 2025
8

Names similar to Kellan

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

KelanKellenKeltonKelleyKelseyKellerCallanKelvinDillanRaylanKelbyKylanKelsonJaylanHarlanKellinKeelanDyllanMilanLachlanDilanDaylanDeklanCaelan

Names with a curve like Kellan

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

JaxenBraylenCasonJaseBrycenLandynKamdenRylandMaysonHarperKorbinLandry

Sibling names for Kellan

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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