How rare is the name Kalen?

5,108 people in the United States have the first name Kalen, about 1 in 59,129. It ranks #3,854 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KALEN

#3,854

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,108
About
1 in 59,129
This common or more
83.1%
Who bears it

Of the 5,108 people named Kalen, 55.8% reported their origin as White, 24.6% as Black and 7.6% as two or more races. 72.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kalen peaked in 1998, when 226 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19522025
Peak year
1998
Births that year
226
In 2025*
80 ▼65%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 6,096 babies have been given the name since 1952. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Kalen by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,885. The largest share of babies named Kalen, 42.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#8,90038
1960s#6,402102
1970s#5,641184
1980s#2,235958
1990s#1,8851,716
2000s#2,3221,672
2010s#3,661955
2020s#4,176471
Baby boom 1946–641.1%
Generation X 1965–804.8%
Millennials 1981–9634%
Generation Z 1997–1242.9%
2013 and later17.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Kalen is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kalen has been most common in Georgia (2.6×), Texas (2.5×), and California (2.1×), and least common in New York (0.2×).

2,189 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Kalen

#3,852 Leighann · 5,110#3,853 Eboni · 5,109#3,855 Jerod · 5,107#3,856 Keanu · 5,104

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kalen, most common first.

#3,104 Kaylen · 7,086#3,173 Kalyn · 6,863#5,441 Kalin · 3,161#7,144 Kallen · 2,159#7,209 Kalena · 2,138#10,099 Kailen · 1,337#10,418 Kalan · 1,283#12,495 Kaelen · 995

Also a last name

As a last name, Kalen ranks #63,720 of 156,621, with 338 people. See Kalen as a last name

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