Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kelan

#3,331 most common boys' name of all time · #8,106 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1956–2025

Rank among boys
#3,331
Rank overall
#8,106 of 105,966
First appeared
1956
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
1,810
Since 2016
264
Peak year
2007 #979
Best rank
#979 2007
Girls Boys peak 201/yr
1960198020002020

Kelan first appears in 1956. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 20 20 #4,903
2024 — 17 17 #5,490
2023 — 25 25 #4,243
2022 — 19 19 #5,067
2021 — 20 20 #4,818
2020 — 30 30 #3,590
2019 — 29 29 #3,736
2018 — 39 39 #3,020
2017 — 33 33 #3,392
2016 — 32 32 #3,468
2015 — 45 45 #2,695
2014 — 47 47 #2,594
2013 — 48 48 #2,534
2012 — 61 61 #2,175
2011 — 58 58 #2,242
2010 — 67 67 #2,043
2009 — 73 73 #1,952
2008 — 92 92 #1,670
2007 — 201 201 #979
2006 — 115 115 #1,390
2005 — 33 33 #3,124
2004 — 28 28 #3,400
2003 — 35 35 #2,808
2002 — 29 29 #3,134
2001 — 45 45 #2,255
2000 — 44 44 #2,239
1999 — 37 37 #2,424
1998 — 29 29 #2,809
1997 — 34 34 #2,413
1996 — 30 30 #2,555
1995 — 31 31 #2,471
1994 — 25 25 #2,888
1993 — 26 26 #2,733
1992 — 27 27 #2,629
1991 — 23 23 #2,870
1990 — 25 25 #2,659
1989 — 22 22 #2,839
1988 — 18 18 #3,013
1987 — 10 10 #4,384
1986 — 19 19 #2,738
1985 — 11 11 #3,938
1984 — 17 17 #2,778
1983 — 11 11 #3,765
1982 — 18 18 #2,663
1981 — 12 12 #3,518
1980 — 9 9 #4,310
1979 — 12 12 #3,479
1977 — 6 6 #5,456
1976 — 9 9 #3,883
1975 — 5 5 #5,863
1974 — 11 11 #3,250
1973 — 5 5 #5,493
1967 — 9 9 #2,946
1965 — 7 7 #3,487
1963 — 5 5 #4,507
1961 — 8 8 #3,331
1959 — 6 6 #3,955
1956 — 8 8 #3,211