How Many People Are Named Kellen?

17,903

people named Kellen are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 19,090 people in the US has this name

Based on 18,307 babies named Kellen in Social Security records from 1954 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#1,730

💎 Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#712

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Peak Year

2012

954 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
6.9%
Male
93.1%

Of the babies given the name Kellen, 6.9% were girls and 93.1% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Kellen fell from 60.2% in the 1960s to 3.4% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Kellen alive today is about 21 years old, and 74% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 30 in 2025.

Under 30 13,335
74.5%
30 to 59 4,475
25%
60 and over 93
0.5%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Kellen first appears in the records in 1954 and was given most often in 2012, to 954 babies. In 2025, 207 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1954 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Kellen has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #337, in 2012. In 2025 it ranked #1,069.

Boys
Rank in 2025#1,069
Best rank#337 (2012)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#479 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Kellen alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Kellen were born in California than in any other state: about 1,774 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kellen was given 3.9 times as often in Montana, 3.6 times in Oregon and 3.5 times in Washington.

California 1,774
Washington 1,036
Texas 856
Ohio 788
Illinois 655
Pennsylvania 595
Oregon 572
Minnesota 569
Michigan 562
Florida 536
New York 517
Colorado 511
Missouri 488
Wisconsin 380
Indiana 330
Arizona 324
Iowa 314
Virginia 307
Georgia 301
North Carolina 253
Kansas 235
Oklahoma 227
Utah 222
Maryland 204
Tennessee 204
Idaho 199
Nebraska 198
New Jersey 194
Massachusetts 160
Montana 139
Louisiana 123
Kentucky 112
Hawaii 99
South Carolina 96
Alabama 89
South Dakota 86
North Dakota 82
Connecticut 76
Nevada 60
Arkansas 25
New Mexico 20
Mississippi 16
New Hampshire 11
Wyoming 10
District of Columbia 6
West Virginia 5
Alaska 5

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