NameTides

Kellan

Kellan was the #1,030 boys' name in the US in 2025 (215 babies), and #4,275 in England & Wales and #1,167 in Canada.

Kellan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kellan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Kellan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, 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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,030 (215)#4,275 (4)——#1,167 (21)
2024#919 (252)#2,089 (11)——#1,306 (17)
2023#905 (257)#2,547 (8)——#1,043 (22)
2022#853 (284)#1,782 (13)——#1,027 (22)
2021#834 (285)#3,451 (5)——#875 (28)
2020#688 (370)#2,404 (8)——#1,223 (17)
2019#769 (308)#1,439 (17)——#1,152 (18)
2018#615 (438)#1,991 (11)#595 (4)—#762 (32)
2017#551 (503)#1,398 (18)——#651 (39)
2016#499 (601)#1,187 (23)#707 (3)—#523 (54)
2015#398 (776)#1,095 (25)#470 (6)#699 (3)#554 (49)
2014#384 (809)#889 (33)#490 (6)#715 (3)#394 (75)
2013#368 (843)#850 (35)#520 (5)#711 (3)#482 (58)
2012#373 (813)#927 (32)#434 (7)—#541 (49)
2011#363 (819)#1,600 (14)#648 (3)—#676 (36)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2013 at #368.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1958.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,900 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 7,900uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 67,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 7,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kellan is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 7,400 to 1 in 8,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kellan by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #801WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: #1,410NYMassachusetts: #620MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,111OHPennsylvania: #631PANew Jersey: #915NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #934CAUtah: #561UTColorado: #680CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #789MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #525VAMaryland: 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: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #825NCSouth Carolina: #552SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,217TXFlorida: #1,353FL
Kellan (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,3557

Kellan (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KellanCanadaBoys#1,16721
KellanEngland & WalesGirls—too few
KellanEngland & WalesBoys#4,2754
KellanIrelandBoys—too few
KellanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KellanScotlandBoys—too few
KellanUSGirls#10,9178
KellanUSBoys#1,030215