Kalen**
#1,543 most common boys' name of all time · #3,742 across all names · 76% male / 24% female · used 1952–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#1,543
Rank overall
#3,742 of 105,966
First appeared
1952
Years on the list
68 of 146
All-time
6,096
Since 2016
762
Peak year
1998 #861
Best rank
#861 1998
Girls
Boys
peak 226/yr
Kalen first appears in 1952. 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 | 9 | 71 | 80 | #2,084 |
| 2024 | — | 74 | 74 | #2,049 |
| 2023 | — | 56 | 56 | #2,426 |
| 2022 | 5 | 83 | 88 | #1,899 |
| 2021 | 7 | 101 | 108 | #1,650 |
| 2020 | — | 65 | 65 | #2,151 |
| 2019 | — | 80 | 80 | #1,876 |
| 2018 | 6 | 67 | 73 | #2,111 |
| 2017 | 11 | 52 | 63 | #2,459 |
| 2016 | 9 | 66 | 75 | #2,118 |
| 2015 | 15 | 66 | 81 | #2,119 |
| 2014 | 21 | 78 | 99 | #1,876 |
| 2013 | 20 | 84 | 104 | #1,741 |
| 2012 | 18 | 86 | 104 | #1,744 |
| 2011 | 26 | 106 | 132 | #1,512 |
| 2010 | 19 | 125 | 144 | #1,362 |
| 2009 | 20 | 140 | 160 | #1,263 |
| 2008 | 36 | 123 | 159 | #1,386 |
| 2007 | 33 | 147 | 180 | #1,202 |
| 2006 | 37 | 118 | 155 | #1,371 |
| 2005 | 44 | 120 | 164 | #1,285 |
| 2004 | 29 | 122 | 151 | #1,242 |
| 2003 | 39 | 144 | 183 | #1,079 |
| 2002 | 51 | 115 | 166 | #1,207 |
| 2001 | 48 | 133 | 181 | #1,083 |
| 2000 | 53 | 120 | 173 | #1,154 |
| 1999 | 55 | 121 | 176 | #1,103 |
| 1998 | 57 | 169 | 226 | #861 |
| 1997 | 52 | 109 | 161 | #1,141 |
| 1996 | 47 | 110 | 157 | #1,096 |
| 1995 | 43 | 141 | 184 | #936 |
| 1994 | 64 | 121 | 185 | #1,012 |
| 1993 | 60 | 133 | 193 | #935 |
| 1992 | 44 | 130 | 174 | #941 |
| 1991 | 46 | 76 | 122 | #1,291 |
| 1990 | 34 | 104 | 138 | #1,038 |
| 1989 | 40 | 100 | 140 | #1,033 |
| 1988 | 44 | 95 | 139 | #1,000 |
| 1987 | 34 | 106 | 140 | #918 |
| 1986 | 30 | 89 | 119 | #979 |
| 1985 | 24 | 83 | 107 | #1,000 |
| 1984 | 21 | 61 | 82 | #1,170 |
| 1983 | 20 | 50 | 70 | #1,323 |
| 1982 | 19 | 52 | 71 | #1,305 |
| 1981 | 14 | 38 | 52 | #1,597 |
| 1980 | 7 | 31 | 38 | #1,837 |
| 1979 | 9 | 17 | 26 | #2,739 |
| 1978 | 7 | 22 | 29 | #2,186 |
| 1977 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #3,523 |
| 1976 | 7 | 14 | 21 | #2,899 |
| 1975 | 10 | 8 | 18 | #4,126 |
| 1974 | 9 | 12 | 21 | #3,056 |
| 1973 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1971 | 23 | 7 | 30 | #4,218 |
| 1970 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #3,733 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1968 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #3,056 |
| 1967 | 10 | 5 | 15 | #4,368 |
| 1966 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #3,842 |
| 1965 | 11 | 9 | 20 | #2,951 |
| 1964 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,533 |
| 1963 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,275 |
| 1962 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,476 |
| 1961 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1959 | 10 | 8 | 18 | #3,252 |
| 1958 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1955 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1952 | 5 | — | 5 | — |