How rare is the name Kellan?

9,171 people in the United States have the first name Kellan, about 1 in 32,933. It ranks #2,607 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

KELLAN

#2,607

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,171
About
1 in 32,933
This common or more
80.3%
Who bears it

Of the 9,171 people named Kellan, 79.3% reported their origin as White, 7.7% as two or more races and 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 94.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kellan peaked in 2013, when 870 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19582025
Peak year
2013
Births that year
870
In 2025*
223 ▼74%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 11,269 babies have been given the name since 1958. 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.

Kellan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #901. The largest share of babies named Kellan, 53.9%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#14,0166
1960s#17,2535
1980s#3,495485
1990s#3,908570
2000s#2,3601,632
2010s#9016,868
2020s#1,7531,703
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–800.1%
Millennials 1981–967.6%
Generation Z 1997–1238.3%
2013 and later53.9%

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 Kellan is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kellan has been most common in Washington (3×), Colorado (2.5×), and Oregon (2.3×), and least common in Alabama (0.43×).

8,848 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.

Exactly as common as Kellan

1 other first name also has 9,171 people.

#2,607 Katerina · 9,171

Either side of Kellan

#2,606 Kimber · 9,179#2,607 Katerina · 9,171#2,609 Danika · 9,156#2,610 Averie · 9,147

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,827 Kellen · 15,967#5,558 Keelan · 3,060#7,209 Kellyn · 2,138#9,110 Kelan · 1,551#11,998 Kellin · 1,052#12,119 Keilan · 1,037#14,230 Keylan · 831#25,276 Kellon · 376

Also a last name

As a last name, Kellan ranks #132,523 of 156,621, with 133 people. See Kellan as a last name

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