Kellen
- #14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- #1,069 for boys in 2025, 202 births
- Given to boys 93.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2012 · 932 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 17,042since 1954
Kellen 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 | #14,942 | 5 | #1,069 | 202 |
| 2024 | — | #1,031 | 216 | |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 | #919 | 251 |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 | #830 | 299 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 | #863 | 271 |
| 2020 | #7,969 | 13 | #796 | 291 |
| 2019 | #9,112 | 11 | #769 | 308 |
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 | #696 | 347 |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 | #622 | 420 |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | #611 | 440 |
| 2015 | #5,288 | 25 | #506 | 569 |
| 2014 | #8,966 | 12 | #444 | 672 |
| 2013 | #6,462 | 19 | #394 | 759 |
| 2012 | #5,895 | 22 | #337 | 932 |
| 2011 | #5,728 | 23 | #344 | 880 |
| 2010 | #5,247 | 26 | #359 | 840 |
| 2009 | #5,709 | 24 | #431 | 653 |
| 2008 | #5,955 | 23 | #447 | 628 |
| 2007 | #6,552 | 20 | #511 | 519 |
| 2006 | #6,125 | 21 | #524 | 487 |
| 2005 | #5,999 | 20 | #521 | 471 |
| 2004 | #3,819 | 37 | #513 | 475 |
| 2003 | #4,307 | 30 | #572 | 387 |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 | #678 | 270 |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 | #723 | 242 |
| 2000 | #5,151 | 22 | #671 | 266 |
| 1999 | #4,445 | 25 | #731 | 223 |
| 1998 | #3,914 | 29 | #795 | 192 |
| 1997 | #4,125 | 26 | #778 | 190 |
| 1996 | #3,149 | 37 | #738 | 207 |
| 1995 | #2,977 | 39 | #702 | 227 |
| 1994 | #2,752 | 44 | #831 | 164 |
| 1993 | #2,825 | 42 | #776 | 184 |
| 1992 | #2,869 | 41 | #798 | 171 |
| 1991 | #2,935 | 39 | #740 | 189 |
| 1990 | #3,813 | 27 | #658 | 234 |
| 1989 | #2,769 | 40 | #662 | 229 |
| 1988 | #2,051 | 57 | #535 | 290 |
| 1987 | #2,044 | 54 | #521 | 294 |
| 1986 | #2,079 | 51 | #491 | 318 |
| 1985 | #2,440 | 40 | #453 | 355 |
| 1984 | #3,329 | 25 | #453 | 342 |
| 1983 | #2,659 | 33 | #418 | 383 |
| 1982 | #2,414 | 40 | #412 | 408 |
| 1981 | #2,847 | 31 | #616 | 191 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | #1,432 | 44 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
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| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #5,464 | 5 |
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| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | — | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | — | |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 | #3,930 | 5 |
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| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | — | #2,685 | 10 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,821 | 9 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,033 | 8 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,494 | 11 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,942 | 5 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,886 | 5 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1954
The first year at least five boys were named Kellen! It came in at #3,827, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1964–1965, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kellen 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
- Massachusetts#507 · 1 in 3,002
- Oregon#529 · 1 in 2,510
- Washington#576 · 1 in 2,733
- Pennsylvania#662 · 1 in 4,020
- Oklahoma#698 · 1 in 3,536
Best ever in a state: #80 in Idaho, 2011.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #507 | 9 | 1 in 3,002 |
| Oregon | #529 | 6 | 1 in 2,510 |
| Washington | #576 | 12 | 1 in 2,733 |
| Pennsylvania | #662 | 13 | 1 in 4,020 |
| Oklahoma | #698 | 5 | 1 in 3,536 |
| Minnesota | #718 | 6 | 1 in 4,083 |
| Illinois | #752 | 11 | 1 in 4,505 |
| Indiana | #773 | 7 | 1 in 4,523 |
| Missouri | #789 | 6 | 1 in 4,635 |
| Virginia | #798 | 8 | 1 in 4,657 |
| Maryland | #809 | 5 | 1 in 4,579 |
| Michigan | #829 | 8 | 1 in 5,024 |
| Tennessee | #1,040 | 5 | 1 in 7,354 |
| Ohio | #1,111 | 6 | 1 in 8,756 |
| North Carolina | #1,277 | 5 | 1 in 10,294 |
| Texas | #1,294 | 15 | 1 in 11,670 |
| California | #1,299 | 14 | 1 in 12,534 |
| Georgia | #1,350 | 5 | 1 in 10,044 |
| Florida | #1,831 | 5 | 1 in 19,107 |
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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.
See more about Kellen
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 273 spots since 2020 (#796 → #1,069)
- Biggest jump: 816 spots in 1981
- Biggest drop: 127 spots in 1989
Rise & fade · boys
58 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1954
- Peaked 2012 at #337 (932 births)
- Births halved by 2016, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 43 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1981–2023
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,035
- Highest: 1 in 2,035 boys born in 2012 were named Kellen (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,456 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 36.2% of all boys named Kellen (6,167) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1977
- Mostly girls until 1976, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 43 | #2,494 (1957) | #3,334 |
| 1960s | 43 | #2,685 (1960) | #3,307 |
| 1970s | 26 | #3,569 (1979) | #5,163 |
| 1980s | 2,854 | #412 (1982) | #599 |
| 1990s | 1,981 | #658 (1990) | #755 |
| 2000s | 4,398 | #431 (2009) | #559 |
| 2010s | 6,167 | #337 (2012) | #508 |
| 2020s | 1,530 | #796 (2020) | #918 |
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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