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Kallen

Kallen was the #1,297 boys' name in the US in 2025 (150 babies), and #5,137 in England & Wales and #1,944 in Canada.

Kallen as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Kallen as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Kallen as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,297 (150)#5,137 (3)—#1,944 (10)
2024#1,472 (123)#5,120 (3)—#2,062 (9)
2023#1,360 (138)#3,524 (5)#533 (5)#1,592 (12)
2022#1,330 (141)#4,790 (3)—#2,052 (8)
2021#1,273 (149)#3,990 (4)—#1,277 (16)
2020#1,262 (145)——#2,746 (5)
2019#1,413 (124)——#1,448 (13)
2018#1,513 (113)#4,749 (3)—#1,682 (10)
2017#1,365 (130)#4,812 (3)—#1,852 (9)
2016#1,310 (138)——#1,831 (9)
2015#1,239 (147)#2,020 (11)—#1,458 (12)
2014#1,174 (159)#2,690 (7)—#1,381 (13)
2013#1,468 (112)#4,685 (3)—#1,109 (18)
2012#1,376 (122)#2,721 (7)—#1,143 (17)
2011#1,264 (136)#4,647 (3)—#1,681 (10)

Kallen as a girl’s name

  • US
Kallen as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.000.010.010.0118801900192019401960198020002020US
Kallen as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.000.010.010.011880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUS
2025#10,917 (8)
2024#8,946 (11)
2023#13,462 (6)
2022#15,306 (5)
2021#13,464 (6)
2020#10,250 (9)
2019#9,736 (10)
2018#15,682 (5)
2017#8,299 (13)
2016#12,876 (7)
2015#9,481 (11)
2014#11,931 (8)
2013#13,150 (7)
2012#13,483 (7)
2011#9,723 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,297.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1963.
  • In 2025, 5% of US babies named Kallen were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare
USGirls2025about 1 in 200,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kallen is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 13,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 15,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kallen by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #523WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #898WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #718MNIllinois: #1,023ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #940OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,829CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #927TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #621OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,294TXFlorida: #1,478FL
Kallen (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KallenCanadaBoys#1,94410
KallenEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
KallenNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KallenScotlandBoys—too few
KallenUSGirls#10,9178
KallenUSBoys#1,297150