Kaelen**
#4,584 most common boys' name of all time · #11,297 across all names · 68% male / 32% female · used 1986–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#4,584
Rank overall
#11,297 of 105,966
First appeared
1986
Years on the list
38 of 146
All-time
1,079
Since 2016
163
Peak year
2008 #3,037
Best rank
#2,875 2009
Girls
Boys
peak 60/yr
Kaelen first appears in 1986. 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 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,951 |
| 2024 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,774 |
| 2023 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,955 |
| 2022 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,975 |
| 2021 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,190 |
| 2020 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,437 |
| 2019 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,968 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #7,852 |
| 2017 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,933 |
| 2016 | 9 | 20 | 29 | #4,860 |
| 2015 | 5 | 18 | 23 | #5,170 |
| 2014 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #5,887 |
| 2013 | 9 | 22 | 31 | #4,387 |
| 2012 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,079 |
| 2011 | 12 | 32 | 44 | #3,417 |
| 2010 | 7 | 31 | 38 | #3,491 |
| 2009 | 11 | 42 | 53 | #2,875 |
| 2008 | 21 | 39 | 60 | #3,037 |
| 2007 | 13 | 27 | 40 | #3,863 |
| 2006 | 13 | 25 | 38 | #3,962 |
| 2005 | 16 | 26 | 42 | #3,678 |
| 2004 | 15 | 18 | 33 | #4,736 |
| 2003 | 13 | 31 | 44 | #3,100 |
| 2002 | 15 | 25 | 40 | #3,524 |
| 2001 | 17 | 24 | 41 | #3,591 |
| 2000 | 21 | 25 | 46 | #3,392 |
| 1999 | 24 | 23 | 47 | #3,453 |
| 1998 | 17 | 26 | 43 | #3,082 |
| 1997 | 10 | 23 | 33 | #3,249 |
| 1996 | 18 | 26 | 44 | #2,898 |
| 1995 | 17 | 24 | 41 | #3,006 |
| 1994 | 12 | 23 | 35 | #3,094 |
| 1993 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #6,121 |
| 1991 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #7,078 |
| 1990 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,845 |
| 1989 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1988 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1986 | 5 | — | 5 | — |