Kellen*
#859 most common boys' name of all time · #1,967 across all names · 93% male / 7% female · used 1954–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#859
Rank overall
#1,967 of 105,966
First appeared
1954
Years on the list
65 of 146
All-time
18,307
Since 2016
3,148
Peak year
2012 #337
Best rank
#337 2012
Girls
Boys
peak 954/yr
Kellen first appears in 1954. 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 | 5 | 202 | 207 | #1,069 |
| 2024 | — | 216 | 216 | #1,032 |
| 2023 | 10 | 251 | 261 | #920 |
| 2022 | 14 | 299 | 313 | #831 |
| 2021 | 12 | 271 | 283 | #863 |
| 2020 | 13 | 291 | 304 | #797 |
| 2019 | 11 | 308 | 319 | #770 |
| 2018 | 12 | 347 | 359 | #697 |
| 2017 | 10 | 420 | 430 | #623 |
| 2016 | 16 | 440 | 456 | #611 |
| 2015 | 25 | 569 | 594 | #507 |
| 2014 | 12 | 672 | 684 | #444 |
| 2013 | 19 | 759 | 778 | #395 |
| 2012 | 22 | 932 | 954 | #337 |
| 2011 | 23 | 880 | 903 | #344 |
| 2010 | 26 | 840 | 866 | #359 |
| 2009 | 24 | 653 | 677 | #431 |
| 2008 | 23 | 628 | 651 | #447 |
| 2007 | 20 | 519 | 539 | #511 |
| 2006 | 21 | 487 | 508 | #525 |
| 2005 | 20 | 471 | 491 | #523 |
| 2004 | 37 | 475 | 512 | #513 |
| 2003 | 30 | 387 | 417 | #574 |
| 2002 | 17 | 270 | 287 | #679 |
| 2001 | 15 | 242 | 257 | #726 |
| 2000 | 22 | 266 | 288 | #671 |
| 1999 | 25 | 223 | 248 | #733 |
| 1998 | 29 | 192 | 221 | #798 |
| 1997 | 26 | 190 | 216 | #781 |
| 1996 | 37 | 207 | 244 | #740 |
| 1995 | 39 | 227 | 266 | #705 |
| 1994 | 44 | 164 | 208 | #833 |
| 1993 | 42 | 184 | 226 | #779 |
| 1992 | 41 | 171 | 212 | #800 |
| 1991 | 39 | 189 | 228 | #743 |
| 1990 | 27 | 234 | 261 | #659 |
| 1989 | 40 | 229 | 269 | #663 |
| 1988 | 57 | 290 | 347 | #537 |
| 1987 | 54 | 294 | 348 | #525 |
| 1986 | 51 | 318 | 369 | #493 |
| 1985 | 40 | 355 | 395 | #454 |
| 1984 | 25 | 342 | 367 | #453 |
| 1983 | 33 | 383 | 416 | #420 |
| 1982 | 40 | 408 | 448 | #412 |
| 1981 | 31 | 191 | 222 | #618 |
| 1980 | 9 | 44 | 53 | #1,445 |
| 1979 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #3,709 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,171 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,267 |
| 1975 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #5,849 |
| 1969 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1968 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1967 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1966 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #3,480 |
| 1965 | 11 | 5 | 16 | #4,301 |
| 1963 | 10 | 7 | 17 | #3,590 |
| 1962 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #3,594 |
| 1961 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #3,607 |
| 1960 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,859 |
| 1959 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,019 |
| 1958 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,260 |
| 1957 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,379 |
| 1955 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1954 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,334 |