Kellan
- #10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births
- #1,030 for boys in 2025, 215 births
- Given to boys 95.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2011 · 819 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,752since 1958
Kellan over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kellan has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it. Not on the chart: 6 boys in 1958 (see the data table).
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | #1,030 | 215 |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | #919 | 252 |
| 2023 | — | #905 | 257 | |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 | #853 | 284 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | #834 | 285 |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | #688 | 370 |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | #769 | 308 |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | #615 | 438 |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | #551 | 503 |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 | #499 | 601 |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 | #398 | 776 |
| 2014 | #7,302 | 16 | #384 | 809 |
| 2013 | #5,013 | 27 | #368 | 843 |
| 2012 | #7,144 | 17 | #373 | 813 |
| 2011 | #6,148 | 21 | #363 | 819 |
| 2010 | #5,771 | 23 | #365 | 807 |
| 2009 | #6,811 | 19 | #623 | 400 |
| 2008 | #8,529 | 14 | #1,133 | 161 |
| 2007 | #6,812 | 19 | #883 | 228 |
| 2006 | #6,592 | 19 | #1,294 | 128 |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 | #1,191 | 134 |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 | #1,203 | 127 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | #1,348 | 101 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | #1,483 | 85 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #1,617 | 73 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 | #1,782 | 61 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #1,763 | 57 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 | #1,791 | 56 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | #2,024 | 44 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | #2,017 | 43 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | #2,055 | 40 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | #1,868 | 45 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #1,907 | 43 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #1,598 | 55 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | #1,867 | 42 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | #1,730 | 46 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | #1,567 | 51 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | #1,849 | 36 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #1,425 | 51 |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 | #1,174 | 65 |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 | #1,429 | 47 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | #1,723 | 33 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | #1,448 | 43 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | #1,514 | 41 |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | #2,338 | 21 |
| 1980 | — | #4,134 | 9 | |
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First appearance
1958
The first year at least five boys were named Kellan! It came in at #3,559, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1959–1979, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Kellan is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Iowa#493 · 1 in 2,305
- Virginia#525 · 1 in 2,661
- South Carolina#552 · 1 in 2,650
- Utah#561 · 1 in 2,809
- Massachusetts#620 · 1 in 3,860
Best ever in a state: #134 in Montana, 2007.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #493 | 6 | 1 in 2,305 |
| Virginia | #525 | 14 | 1 in 2,661 |
| South Carolina | #552 | 8 | 1 in 2,650 |
| Utah | #561 | 7 | 1 in 2,809 |
| Massachusetts | #620 | 7 | 1 in 3,860 |
| Pennsylvania | #631 | 14 | 1 in 3,733 |
| Wisconsin | #678 | 6 | 1 in 3,905 |
| Colorado | #680 | 7 | 1 in 3,836 |
| Missouri | #789 | 6 | 1 in 4,635 |
| Washington | #801 | 7 | 1 in 4,685 |
| North Carolina | #825 | 10 | 1 in 5,147 |
| New Jersey | #915 | 6 | 1 in 6,628 |
| California | #934 | 24 | 1 in 7,311 |
| Ohio | #1,111 | 6 | 1 in 8,756 |
| Michigan | #1,113 | 5 | 1 in 8,039 |
| Texas | #1,217 | 17 | 1 in 10,297 |
| Florida | #1,353 | 8 | 1 in 11,942 |
| New York | #1,410 | 7 | 1 in 12,060 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 342 spots since 2020 (#688 → #1,030)
- Biggest jump: 510 spots in 2009
- Biggest drop: 250 spots in 2008
Rise & fade · boys
53 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1958
- Peaked 2011 at #363 (819 births)
- Births halved by 2019, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 2009–2024
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,244
- Highest: 1 in 2,244 boys born in 2013 were named Kellan (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,945 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #363 in 2011, was only 1 in 2,319 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 62.5% of all boys named Kellan (6,717) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6 | #3,559 (1958) | #3,559 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 397 | #1,174 (1986) | #1,860 |
| 1990s | 471 | #1,598 (1992) | #1,862 |
| 2000s | 1,498 | #623 (2009) | #1,256 |
| 2010s | 6,717 | #363 (2011) | #469 |
| 2020s | 1,663 | #688 (2020) | #872 |
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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