Kaelen
- Last seen for girls in 2018 at #12,464
- #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
- Given to boys 68.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1996 · 26 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 739since 1990
Kaelen 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 | — | #6,803 | 12 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,659 | 16 | |
| 2023 | — | #7,738 | 10 | |
| 2022 | — | #7,768 | 10 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,032 | 14 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,296 | 13 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,899 | 27 | |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | #7,617 | 10 |
| 2017 | — | #5,788 | 15 | |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 | #4,776 | 20 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #5,058 | 18 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #5,733 | 15 |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | #4,313 | 22 |
| 2012 | — | #4,003 | 25 | |
| 2011 | #9,150 | 12 | #3,364 | 32 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #3,453 | 31 |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | #2,847 | 42 |
| 2008 | #6,350 | 21 | #3,005 | 39 |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | #3,793 | 27 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 | #3,888 | 25 |
| 2005 | #7,138 | 16 | #3,615 | 26 |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 | #4,602 | 18 |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 | #3,044 | 31 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | #3,450 | 25 |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 | #3,512 | 24 |
| 2000 | #5,312 | 21 | #3,299 | 25 |
| 1999 | #4,576 | 24 | #3,376 | 23 |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 | #3,017 | 26 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | #3,160 | 23 |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 | #2,838 | 26 |
| 1995 | #5,439 | 17 | #2,923 | 24 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | #3,030 | 23 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #5,771 | 9 |
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| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | — | |
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First appearance
1990
The first year at least five boys were named Kaelen! It came in at #7,178, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1992, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Kaelen is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Kaelen in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kaelen
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,144 spots since 2024 (#5,659 → #6,803)
- 507 spots since 2020 (#6,296 → #6,803)
- 1,745 spots since 2015 (#5,058 → #6,803)
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1990
- Peaked 1996 at #2,838 (26 births)
- Births halved by 2018, 22 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 47,228
- Highest: 1 in 47,228 boys born in 2009 were named Kaelen (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,838 in 1996, was only 1 in 72,858 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 38.2% of all boys named Kaelen (282) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2000
- Mostly girls until 1999, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 167 | #2,838 (1996) | #4,201 |
| 2000s | 282 | #2,847 (2009) | #3,506 |
| 2010s | 215 | #3,364 (2011) | #4,800 |
| 2020s | 75 | #5,659 (2024) | #6,716 |
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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