Kaelan**
#3,183 most common boys' name of all time · #7,721 across all names · 78% male / 22% female · used 1987–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#3,183
Rank overall
#7,721 of 105,966
First appeared
1987
Years on the list
38 of 146
All-time
1,951
Since 2016
249
Peak year
1998 #1,321
Best rank
#1,321 1998
Girls
Boys
peak 112/yr
Kaelan first appears in 1987. 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 | — | 19 | 19 | #5,112 |
| 2024 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,745 |
| 2023 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,561 |
| 2022 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #7,019 |
| 2021 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 2020 | 6 | 15 | 21 | #5,827 |
| 2019 | 6 | 22 | 28 | #4,555 |
| 2018 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #5,433 |
| 2017 | 8 | 40 | 48 | #2,981 |
| 2016 | 7 | 24 | 31 | #4,271 |
| 2015 | 14 | 41 | 55 | #2,898 |
| 2014 | 8 | 22 | 30 | #4,467 |
| 2013 | 10 | 36 | 46 | #3,101 |
| 2012 | 8 | 33 | 41 | #3,345 |
| 2011 | 9 | 33 | 42 | #3,345 |
| 2010 | 16 | 47 | 63 | #2,616 |
| 2009 | 15 | 57 | 72 | #2,314 |
| 2008 | 17 | 47 | 64 | #2,668 |
| 2007 | 17 | 50 | 67 | #2,524 |
| 2006 | 17 | 54 | 71 | #2,336 |
| 2005 | 13 | 59 | 72 | #2,106 |
| 2004 | 17 | 54 | 71 | #2,188 |
| 2003 | 43 | 54 | 97 | #2,096 |
| 2002 | 25 | 69 | 94 | #1,705 |
| 2001 | 19 | 67 | 86 | #1,729 |
| 2000 | 18 | 80 | 98 | #1,512 |
| 1999 | 24 | 81 | 105 | #1,448 |
| 1998 | 21 | 91 | 112 | #1,321 |
| 1997 | 24 | 81 | 105 | #1,377 |
| 1996 | 14 | 62 | 76 | #1,598 |
| 1995 | 8 | 61 | 69 | #1,558 |
| 1994 | 13 | 53 | 66 | #1,715 |
| 1993 | 8 | 21 | 29 | #3,237 |
| 1992 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,995 |
| 1991 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #5,062 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,858 |
| 1988 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #6,353 |
| 1987 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #4,956 |