Kaelan

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306 · #5,045 for boys in 2025, 19 births
Given to boys 77.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1998 · 91 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,520
since 1987

Kaelan over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201998peak #3,347, 2003peak #1,301, 1998girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,04519
2024#3,69330
2023#5,47017
2022#15,3065#6,82812
2021#5,56216
2020#13,4536#5,69915
2019#13,7996#4,48022
2018#15,6825#5,32017
2017#11,6158#2,95140
2016#12,8767#4,19924
2015#8,00814#2,86441
2014#11,9318#4,39222
2013#10,23510#3,06036
2012#12,1998#3,29733
2011#11,1819#3,30633
2010#7,51316#2,57947
2009#8,05815#2,28757
2008#7,40817#2,63247
2007#7,39417#2,50450
2006#7,14217#2,31054
2005#8,33013#2,08159
2004#6,76817#2,16454
2003#3,34743#2,07754
2002#4,76725#1,69469
2001#5,82219#1,71067
2000#5,93718#1,50480
1999#4,57624#1,43681
1998#4,95521#1,30191
1997#4,37024#1,36681
1996#6,39214#1,58662
1995#9,5538#1,54961
1994#6,67213#1,68953
1993#9,5598#3,14121
1992#2,90923
1991#13,1475#4,76011
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1988#11,7985#5,7517
1987#9,8256#4,5739
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First appearance
1987

The first year at least five boys were named Kaelan! It came in at #4,573, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1989–1990, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Kaelan
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,352 spots since 2024 (#3,693#5,045)
  • 654 spots since 2020 (#5,699#5,045)
  • 2,181 spots since 2015 (#2,864#5,045)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1987
  • Peaked 1998 at #1,301 (91 births)
  • Births halved by 2011, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 21,004
  • Highest: 1 in 21,004 boys born in 1998 were named Kaelan (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 89,899 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 38.9% of all boys named Kaelan (591) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s21#4,573 (1987)#6,076
1990s484#1,301 (1998)#2,193
2000s591#1,504 (2000)#2,096
2010s315#2,579 (2010)#3,645
2020s109#3,693 (2024)#5,383

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Kaelan in 1998

girls
#4,955
21 births · 1 in 84,140 girls
boys
#1,301
91 births · 1 in 21,004 boys

Top girls' names in 1998

  1. #1Emily26,188
  2. #2Hannah21,376
  3. #3Samantha20,195
  4. #4Sarah19,898
  5. #5Ashley19,875
  6. #6Alexis19,778
  7. #7Taylor18,576
  8. #8Jessica18,239
  9. #9Madison17,787
  10. #10Elizabeth15,193
  11. #4,955Kaelan21

Top boys' names in 1998

  1. #1Michael36,618
  2. #2Jacob36,031
  3. #3Matthew31,146
  4. #4Joshua28,095
  5. #5Christopher27,007
  6. #6Nicholas26,632
  7. #7Brandon23,832
  8. #8Tyler23,712
  9. #9Andrew23,664
  10. #10Austin23,478
  11. #1,301Kaelan91
More about 1998

girls

1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 84,140 of them was named Kaelan, which outranked 70.2% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kaelan
  1. #4,796Triniti22
  2. #4,796Trudy22
  3. #4,796Yalitza22
  4. #4,955Kaelan21
  5. #4,955Aaliya21
  6. #4,955Abigal21
  7. #4,955Acadia21
  8. #5,123Abegail20
  9. #5,123Abigaile20
  10. #5,123Abriel20

Tied with 167 names at #4,955; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. 2,123Calista#2,820#697
  2. 1,165Ireland#1,983#818
  3. 1,158Abril#2,116#958
  4. 755Mya#993#238
  5. 619Ally#1,036#417
Fallers
  1. 586Yulissa#424#1,010
  2. 462Moesha#943#1,405
  3. 397Yulisa#985#1,382
  4. 376Tonya#905#1,281
  5. 347Xena#765#1,112

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 21,004 of them was named Kaelan, which outranked 88.5% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kaelan
  1. #1,297Kavon92
  2. #1,297Mohamad92
  3. #1,297Rudolph92
  4. #1,301Kaelan91
  5. #1,301Amar91
  6. #1,301Canaan91
  7. #1,301Dave91
  8. #1,322Blayne90
  9. #1,322Canyon90
  10. #1,322Colter90

Tied with 20 names at #1,301; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. 1,736Tyrese#2,347#611
  2. 805Zion#1,499#694
  3. 785Mekhi#1,706#921
  4. 743Tyriq#1,519#776
  5. 741Tavian#1,599#858
Fallers
  1. 429Coty#918#1,347
  2. 367Anfernee#838#1,205
  3. 326Jessy#962#1,288
  4. 295Mickey#966#1,261
  5. 280Mikal#1,000#1,280

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1998