Kellen

Where Kellen comes from

The dictionaries list Kellen as a given name — a male or female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1954
    First appearance
    #3,827 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1957
    Kellen Winslow born
    American football player
  3. 1977
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 1983
    Kellen Clemens born
    American football quarterback
  5. 2012
    Peak, #337
    932 babies named Kellen — more than any year before or since.
  6. 2016
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #611.
In the dictionary
  • A male or female given name.
Namesakes
  • Kellen Winslow · American football player, born 1957
  • Kellen Clemens · American football quarterback, born 1983
  • Kellen Goff · American voice actor, born 1995
  • Kellen Moore · American football player and coach, born 1988
  • Kellen Dunham · American basketball player, born 1993

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.