Kalen

Where Kalen comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Kalen.

Kalen through the years
  1. 1959
    First appearance
    #3,037 among boys with 8 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1974
    Kalen DeBoer born
    American football player and coach
  3. 1976
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  4. 1983
    Kalen Chase born
    American musician, percussionist and guitarist
  5. 1998
    Peak, #858
    169 babies named Kalen, the most in any year.
  6. 2013
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,733.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Kalen DeBoer · American football player and coach, born 1974
  • Kalen Chase · American musician, percussionist and guitarist, born 1983
  • Kalen Ryden · American soccer player, born 1991

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.