Kaelan
- Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306
- #5,045 for boys in 2025, 19 births
- Given to boys 77.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1998 · 91 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,520since 1987
Kaelan over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #5,045 | 19 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,693 | 30 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,470 | 17 | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #6,828 | 12 |
| 2021 | — | #5,562 | 16 | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #5,699 | 15 |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | #4,480 | 22 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #5,320 | 17 |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | #2,951 | 40 |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | #4,199 | 24 |
| 2015 | #8,008 | 14 | #2,864 | 41 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | #4,392 | 22 |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 | #3,060 | 36 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | #3,297 | 33 |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | #3,306 | 33 |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 | #2,579 | 47 |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 | #2,287 | 57 |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | #2,632 | 47 |
| 2007 | #7,394 | 17 | #2,504 | 50 |
| 2006 | #7,142 | 17 | #2,310 | 54 |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 | #2,081 | 59 |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 | #2,164 | 54 |
| 2003 | #3,347 | 43 | #2,077 | 54 |
| 2002 | #4,767 | 25 | #1,694 | 69 |
| 2001 | #5,822 | 19 | #1,710 | 67 |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 | #1,504 | 80 |
| 1999 | #4,576 | 24 | #1,436 | 81 |
| 1998 | #4,955 | 21 | #1,301 | 91 |
| 1997 | #4,370 | 24 | #1,366 | 81 |
| 1996 | #6,392 | 14 | #1,586 | 62 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | #1,549 | 61 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | #1,689 | 53 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | #3,141 | 21 |
| 1992 | — | #2,909 | 23 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #4,760 | 11 |
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| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #4,573 | 9 |
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First appearance
1987
The first year at least five boys were named Kaelan! It came in at #4,573, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1989–1990, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kaelan is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Kaelan in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kaelan
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,352 spots since 2024 (#3,693 → #5,045)
- 654 spots since 2020 (#5,699 → #5,045)
- 2,181 spots since 2015 (#2,864 → #5,045)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1987
- Peaked 1998 at #1,301 (91 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 21,004
- Highest: 1 in 21,004 boys born in 1998 were named Kaelan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 89,899 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 38.9% of all boys named Kaelan (591) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 21 | #4,573 (1987) | #6,076 |
| 1990s | 484 | #1,301 (1998) | #2,193 |
| 2000s | 591 | #1,504 (2000) | #2,096 |
| 2010s | 315 | #2,579 (2010) | #3,645 |
| 2020s | 109 | #3,693 (2024) | #5,383 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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