# Kalen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kalen/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,096 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,629 / 1,467 (24% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 315, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 33 | 4,519 |
| 2008 | 36 | 4,313 |
| 2009 | 20 | 6,682 |
| 2010 | 19 | 6,767 |
| 2011 | 26 | 5,285 |
| 2012 | 18 | 6,999 |
| 2013 | 20 | 6,357 |
| 2014 | 21 | 6,100 |
| 2015 | 15 | 7,794 |
| 2016 | 9 | 11,296 |
| 2017 | 11 | 9,616 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14,676 |
| 2021 | 7 | 12,822 |
| 2022 | 5 | 16,449 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,487 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 106 | 1,514 |
| 2012 | 86 | 1,747 |
| 2013 | 84 | 1,745 |
| 2014 | 78 | 1,876 |
| 2015 | 66 | 2,123 |
| 2016 | 66 | 2,122 |
| 2017 | 52 | 2,470 |
| 2018 | 67 | 2,110 |
| 2019 | 80 | 1,878 |
| 2020 | 65 | 2,155 |
| 2021 | 101 | 1,650 |
| 2022 | 83 | 1,897 |
| 2023 | 56 | 2,426 |
| 2024 | 74 | 2,049 |
| 2025 | 71 | 2,086 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 2,039 |
| 2012 | 16 | 1,507 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,630 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,150 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 11 | 1,991 |
| 2019 | 13 | 1,745 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,635 |
| 2021 | 15 | 1,595 |
| 2022 | 17 | 1,469 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,160 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.