Calen*
#2,594 most common boys' name of all time · #6,256 across all names · 92% male / 8% female · used 1977–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#2,594
Rank overall
#6,256 of 105,966
First appeared
1977
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
2,720
Since 2016
493
Peak year
2011 #1,539
Best rank
#1,187 1987
Girls
Boys
peak 108/yr
Calen first appears in 1977. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,344 |
| 2024 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,770 |
| 2023 | — | 51 | 51 | #2,594 |
| 2022 | 5 | 52 | 57 | #2,602 |
| 2021 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,890 |
| 2020 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,781 |
| 2019 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,603 |
| 2018 | — | 58 | 58 | #2,316 |
| 2017 | — | 42 | 42 | #2,871 |
| 2016 | — | 66 | 66 | #2,124 |
| 2015 | — | 61 | 61 | #2,224 |
| 2014 | — | 69 | 69 | #2,055 |
| 2013 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,821 |
| 2012 | — | 92 | 92 | #1,673 |
| 2011 | 5 | 103 | 108 | #1,539 |
| 2010 | — | 96 | 96 | #1,634 |
| 2009 | 8 | 68 | 76 | #2,042 |
| 2008 | 11 | 74 | 85 | #1,943 |
| 2007 | 8 | 90 | 98 | #1,696 |
| 2006 | 5 | 77 | 82 | #1,803 |
| 2005 | 12 | 57 | 69 | #2,155 |
| 2004 | 9 | 58 | 67 | #2,068 |
| 2003 | 11 | 48 | 59 | #2,254 |
| 2002 | 11 | 58 | 69 | #1,931 |
| 2001 | 14 | 60 | 74 | #1,862 |
| 2000 | 12 | 60 | 72 | #1,811 |
| 1999 | 10 | 45 | 55 | #2,130 |
| 1998 | 8 | 48 | 56 | #2,004 |
| 1997 | 7 | 43 | 50 | #2,089 |
| 1996 | 11 | 55 | 66 | #1,722 |
| 1995 | 8 | 56 | 64 | #1,641 |
| 1994 | 11 | 55 | 66 | #1,660 |
| 1993 | 10 | 46 | 56 | #1,845 |
| 1992 | 9 | 35 | 44 | #2,209 |
| 1991 | 8 | 38 | 46 | #2,013 |
| 1990 | 8 | 34 | 42 | #2,163 |
| 1989 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,566 |
| 1988 | 7 | 48 | 55 | #1,552 |
| 1987 | 6 | 67 | 73 | #1,187 |
| 1986 | 5 | 43 | 48 | #1,563 |
| 1985 | 7 | 55 | 62 | #1,303 |
| 1984 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,838 |
| 1983 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,786 |
| 1982 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,702 |
| 1981 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,211 |
| 1980 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,605 |
| 1979 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,368 |
| 1978 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,532 |
| 1977 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,382 |