Kalen
Rank in 2025
#10107
recorded as girls
No rank in 2024 to compare: —
#2077
recorded as boys
Down 35 since 2024
Babies in 2025
80
girls 9 · boys 71
Peak year
1998
169 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
6,096
since 1952
Born a Kalen? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Kalen was most popular in 1998, when 169 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.09 per 1,000). In 2025, 71 babies were named Kalen, ranking #2077 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 10107 | 71 | 2077 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 74 | 2042 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 56 | 2416 |
| 2022 | 5 | 15306 | 83 | 1892 |
| 2021 | 7 | 12206 | 101 | 1645 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 65 | 2139 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 80 | 1868 |
| 2018 | 6 | 13793 | 67 | 2101 |
| 2017 | 11 | 9341 | 52 | 2450 |
| 2016 | 9 | 10859 | 66 | 2110 |
| 2015 | 15 | 7613 | 66 | 2112 |
| 2014 | 21 | 5993 | 78 | 1873 |
| 2013 | 20 | 6255 | 84 | 1733 |
| 2012 | 18 | 6872 | 86 | 1742 |
| 2011 | 26 | 5207 | 106 | 1510 |
| 2010 | 19 | 6641 | 125 | 1358 |
| 2009 | 20 | 6544 | 140 | 1257 |
| 2008 | 36 | 4268 | 123 | 1380 |
| 2007 | 33 | 4475 | 147 | 1197 |
| 2006 | 37 | 3992 | 118 | 1367 |
| 2005 | 44 | 3404 | 120 | 1282 |
| 2004 | 29 | 4601 | 122 | 1235 |
| 2003 | 39 | 3590 | 144 | 1076 |
| 2002 | 51 | 2888 | 115 | 1204 |
| 2001 | 48 | 2963 | 133 | 1080 |
| 2000 | 53 | 2740 | 120 | 1152 |
| 1999 | 55 | 2567 | 121 | 1100 |
| 1998 | 57 | 2429 | 169 | 858 |
| 1997 | 52 | 2481 | 109 | 1140 |
| 1996 | 47 | 2630 | 110 | 1093 |
| 1995 | 43 | 2788 | 141 | 935 |
| 1994 | 64 | 2124 | 121 | 1009 |
| 1993 | 60 | 2195 | 133 | 933 |
| 1992 | 44 | 2733 | 130 | 936 |
| 1991 | 46 | 2620 | 76 | 1282 |
| 1990 | 34 | 3227 | 104 | 1037 |
| 1989 | 40 | 2769 | 100 | 1030 |
| 1988 | 44 | 2447 | 95 | 994 |
| 1987 | 34 | 2852 | 106 | 914 |
| 1986 | 30 | 3054 | 89 | 971 |
| 1985 | 24 | 3517 | 83 | 998 |
| 1984 | 21 | 3726 | 61 | 1166 |
| 1983 | 20 | 3806 | 50 | 1314 |
| 1982 | 19 | 4025 | 52 | 1293 |
| 1981 | 14 | 4963 | 38 | 1577 |
| 1980 | 7 | 8178 | 31 | 1808 |
| 1979 | 9 | 6696 | 17 | 2669 |
| 1978 | 7 | 7649 | 22 | 2134 |
| 1977 | 5 | 9652 | 11 | 3386 |
| 1976 | 7 | 7296 | 14 | 2826 |
| 1975 | 10 | 5516 | 8 | 3941 |
| 1974 | 9 | 5776 | 12 | 2946 |
| 1973 | 10 | 5191 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 23 | 2955 | 7 | 3963 |
| 1970 | 5 | 7995 | 8 | 3521 |
| 1969 | 7 | 5974 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 7 | 5642 | 9 | 2907 |
| 1967 | 10 | 4300 | 5 | 3966 |
| 1966 | 6 | 5809 | 6 | 3537 |
| 1965 | 11 | 3952 | 9 | 2780 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 12 | 2409 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 8 | 3044 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 5 | 4033 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 7 | 3356 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 10 | 4031 | 8 | 3037 |
| 1958 | 10 | 3925 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1956 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 5 | 5828 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1953 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 5 | 5563 | <5 | — |
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Where Kalen is most popular
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 24% · boys 76% across all years