Kaelen
Kaelen is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 16 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 160.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 200942 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1990
- 1,066people given the name
The story in the numbers
726 boys have been named Kaelen in the United States since 1990, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2009, with 42 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 2007, and the 2000s alone account for 39%.
Kaelen is used for both sexes: 32% of its bearers are girls (340), most of them born around 1999.
By decade
In 2009, its biggest year
Kaelen was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2009 were Jacob, Ethan, Michael, Alexander and William. See all of 2009.
Names that rose and fell with Kaelen
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Caymanpeak 2006
- Keatonpeak 2007
- Treshawnpeak 2007
- Krystianpeak 2009
- Connorpeak 2004
- Treyvonpeak 2006
- Kollinpeak 2009
- Justicepeak 2002
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.