Kellen
Rank in 2025
#14942
recorded as girls
#1069
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
207
girls 5 · boys 202
Peak year
2012
932 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
18,307
since 1954
Born a Kellen? 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
Kellen was most popular in 2012, when 932 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.49 per 1,000). In 2025, 202 babies were named Kellen, ranking #1069 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 26%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 14942 | 202 | 1069 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 216 | 1031 |
| 2023 | 10 | 9616 | 251 | 919 |
| 2022 | 14 | 7631 | 299 | 830 |
| 2021 | 12 | 8464 | 271 | 863 |
| 2020 | 13 | 7969 | 291 | 796 |
| 2019 | 11 | 9112 | 308 | 769 |
| 2018 | 12 | 8617 | 347 | 696 |
| 2017 | 10 | 9943 | 420 | 622 |
| 2016 | 16 | 7230 | 440 | 611 |
| 2015 | 25 | 5288 | 569 | 506 |
| 2014 | 12 | 8966 | 672 | 444 |
| 2013 | 19 | 6462 | 759 | 394 |
| 2012 | 22 | 5895 | 932 | 337 |
| 2011 | 23 | 5728 | 880 | 344 |
| 2010 | 26 | 5247 | 840 | 359 |
| 2009 | 24 | 5709 | 653 | 431 |
| 2008 | 23 | 5955 | 628 | 447 |
| 2007 | 20 | 6552 | 519 | 511 |
| 2006 | 21 | 6125 | 487 | 524 |
| 2005 | 20 | 5999 | 471 | 521 |
| 2004 | 37 | 3819 | 475 | 513 |
| 2003 | 30 | 4307 | 387 | 572 |
| 2002 | 17 | 6392 | 270 | 678 |
| 2001 | 15 | 6956 | 242 | 723 |
| 2000 | 22 | 5151 | 266 | 671 |
| 1999 | 25 | 4445 | 223 | 731 |
| 1998 | 29 | 3914 | 192 | 795 |
| 1997 | 26 | 4125 | 190 | 778 |
| 1996 | 37 | 3149 | 207 | 738 |
| 1995 | 39 | 2977 | 227 | 702 |
| 1994 | 44 | 2752 | 164 | 831 |
| 1993 | 42 | 2825 | 184 | 776 |
| 1992 | 41 | 2869 | 171 | 798 |
| 1991 | 39 | 2935 | 189 | 740 |
| 1990 | 27 | 3813 | 234 | 658 |
| 1989 | 40 | 2769 | 229 | 662 |
| 1988 | 57 | 2051 | 290 | 535 |
| 1987 | 54 | 2044 | 294 | 521 |
| 1986 | 51 | 2079 | 318 | 491 |
| 1985 | 40 | 2440 | 355 | 453 |
| 1984 | 25 | 3329 | 342 | 453 |
| 1983 | 33 | 2659 | 383 | 418 |
| 1982 | 40 | 2414 | 408 | 412 |
| 1981 | 31 | 2847 | 191 | 616 |
| 1980 | 9 | 6789 | 44 | 1432 |
| 1979 | 5 | 10210 | 11 | 3569 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 5 | 5772 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 5 | 5845 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 7 | 7173 | 5 | 5464 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1972 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1971 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1970 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 8 | 5456 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 5 | 7016 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 7 | 5457 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 6 | 5809 | 7 | 3249 |
| 1965 | 11 | 3952 | 5 | 3930 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 10 | 4272 | 7 | 3318 |
| 1962 | 9 | 4533 | 7 | 3305 |
| 1961 | 9 | 4546 | 7 | 3356 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 10 | 2685 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 9 | 2821 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 8 | 3033 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 11 | 2494 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 5 | 3942 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 5 | 3886 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 5 | 3827 |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 7% · boys 93% across all years