Caladin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAL-a-din
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Caladin is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Caladin mean?
Modern: spelling of Kaladin; invented by fantasy author Brandon Sanderson
Kaladin is the hero of Brandon Sanderson's fantasy series The Stormlight Archive, which began in 2010.
Meaning borrowed from Kaladin.
Is Caladin a girl's or a boy's name?
Caladin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Caladin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 214% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Caladin, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 2017.
Half of all the boys named Caladin in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 135 boys in the US were given Caladin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,244, up from #5,606 for this spelling alone.
- Kaladin 119
- Caladin 16
Caladin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
Nicknames for Caladin
- Kal 6 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Caladin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassian Finnegan Kayden Kaceyon Brecken Callahan Rayden Kyaire Callan Kyden Braylen Caspian
Other spellings of Caladin
Names related to Caladin
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Caladin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/caladin, updated 20 October 2026.