# Kellen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kellen/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 18,307 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 17,042 / 1,265 (7% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 167, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 26 | 5,327 |
| 2011 | 23 | 5,842 |
| 2012 | 22 | 6,010 |
| 2013 | 19 | 6,592 |
| 2014 | 12 | 9,263 |
| 2015 | 25 | 5,379 |
| 2016 | 16 | 7,429 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10,353 |
| 2018 | 12 | 8,897 |
| 2019 | 11 | 9,422 |
| 2020 | 13 | 8,193 |
| 2021 | 12 | 8,727 |
| 2022 | 14 | 7,844 |
| 2023 | 10 | 9,967 |
| 2025 | 5 | 16,130 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 880 | 344 |
| 2012 | 932 | 337 |
| 2013 | 759 | 394 |
| 2014 | 672 | 444 |
| 2015 | 569 | 507 |
| 2016 | 440 | 611 |
| 2017 | 420 | 623 |
| 2018 | 347 | 699 |
| 2019 | 308 | 770 |
| 2020 | 291 | 799 |
| 2021 | 271 | 863 |
| 2022 | 299 | 831 |
| 2023 | 251 | 920 |
| 2024 | 216 | 1,034 |
| 2025 | 202 | 1,069 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6 | 2,416 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 11 | 1,643 |
| 2007 | 12 | 1,666 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2009 | 6 | 2,837 |
| 2010 | 12 | 1,801 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,248 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,319 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |

## People named Kellen

- Kellen Winslow, American football player
- Kellen Clemens, American football quarterback

## 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.