Kallen Boy
How popular is Kallen?
#1,297 boy name in 2025
150 baby boys were named Kallen in the US in 2025, making it the 1297th most popular boy name. Another 8 girls got the name (#10,913 for girls).
Kallen popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,297 for boys (▲ 175 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 150 boys, 8 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+2% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,239 in 2015, #1,262 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2014 (159 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,174 in 2014 |
| First recorded | 1963 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 94% boys, 6% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kallen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Callan family of names ranked #126 for boys in 2025 (#144 the year before), with 3,050 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Callan | 1,917 | 63% |
| Callen | 579 | 19% |
| Kallen | 150 | 5% |
| Kalen | 71 | 2% |
| Kallan | 82 | 3% |
| Calen | 35 | 1% |
| Calan | 34 | 1% |
| Kailen | 23 | 1% |
| Kailan | 28 | 1% |
| Kalan | 26 | 1% |
| Kaylon | 23 | 1% |
| Calin | 14 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kallen is most popular
Babies named Kallen per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Wisconsin: 0.2 per 1,000 (28 boys)
- Washington: 0.2 per 1,000 (34 boys)
- Iowa: 0.2 per 1,000 (12 boys)
- Oklahoma: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 boys)
- Minnesota: 0.1 per 1,000 (17 boys)
Kallen by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1980s | 55 | #4,126 |
| 1990s | 139 | #2,935 |
| 2000s | 399 | #1,838 |
| 2010s | 1,298 | #1,174 |
| 2020s | 846 | #1,262 |
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Questions
- Is Kallen a boy or girl name?
- Kallen is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 94% of babies named Kallen were boys.
- How popular is the name Kallen?
- 150 baby boys were named Kallen in the US in 2025, making it the 1297th most popular boy name. Another 8 girls got the name (#10,913 for girls).
- When was Kallen most popular?
- Kallen peaked in 2014, when 159 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,174 in 2014.
- How many people are named Kallen?
- 3,103 babies have been named Kallen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,073 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Kallen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kallen was most common in Wisconsin, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.