first name
KELLEN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 15,967 people named Kellen, 75.9% reported their origin as White, 7.9% as Black and 7.2% as two or more races. 91.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Kellen peaked in 2012, when 954 babies got the name.
At least 18,307 babies have been given the name since 1954. 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.
Kellen by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #971. The largest share of babies named Kellen, 43.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Kellen is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kellen has been most common in Washington (4.4×), Oregon (4.3×), and Idaho (3.4×), and least common in Alabama (0.33×).
14,862 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 Kellen
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kellen, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Kellen ranks #20,452 of 156,621, with 1,312 people. See Kellen as a last name
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