Kellin Boy
How popular is Kellin?
#2,832 boy name in 2025
44 baby boys were named Kellin in the US in 2025, making it the 2832nd most popular boy name.
Kellin popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,832 for boys (▲ 125 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 44 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-42% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,910 in 2015, #2,466 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2014 (110 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,473 in 2014 |
| First recorded | 1982 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 98% boys, 2% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kellin counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kellan family of names ranked #563 for boys in 2025 (#526 the year before), with 502 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kellan | 215 | 43% |
| Kellen | 202 | 40% |
| Kellin | 44 | 9% |
| Kelan | 20 | 4% |
| Kealan | 8 | 2% |
| Kelyn | 7 | 1% |
| Kellon | 6 | 1% |
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 Kellin is most popular
Babies named Kellin per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (16 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (27 boys)
- North Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- Illinois: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
Kellin by decade
Boy names about as popular as Kellin
Questions
- Is Kellin a boy or girl name?
- Kellin is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Kellin were boys.
- How popular is the name Kellin?
- 44 baby boys were named Kellin in the US in 2025, making it the 2832nd most popular boy name.
- When was Kellin most popular?
- Kellin peaked in 2014, when 110 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,473 in 2014.
- How many people are named Kellin?
- 1,279 babies have been named Kellin in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,264 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Kellin most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kellin was most common in Ohio, at 0.1 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.