Kalen
Kalen is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 74 births. Its best rank was 859th, in 1998.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 740.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1998169 births
- Best rank
- #859in 1998
- Since 1959
- 6,014people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,556 boys have been named Kalen in the United States since 1959, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 169 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2001, and the 2000s alone account for 28%. It has spent 7 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Kalen is used for both sexes: 24% of its bearers are girls (1,458), most of them born around 1994.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 1998, its biggest year
Kalen was the 859th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1998 were Michael, Jacob, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 1998.
Names that rose and fell with Kalen
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Alexandrepeak 2003
- Deanthonypeak 1995
- Keonpeak 2003
- Mohamadpeak 1999
- Joseluispeak 2000
- Thienpeak 1996
- Amerpeak 2003
- Rashaudpeak 1993
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.