Kahlan
Girl · KAH-lun · Modern
Kahlan is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Kahlan mean?
Modern: invented by Terry Goodkind for his fantasy novels
Kahlan Amnell is the heroine of Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth fantasy novels, adapted as TV's Legend of the Seeker.
- Say it
- KAH-lun
Is Kahlan a girl's or a boy's name?
Kahlan is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls and 10 boys in the US.
How popular is Kahlan in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 35 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kahlan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kahlan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,756 |
| 2011 | 14 | #2,032 |
| 2010 | 35 | #1,033 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Kahlan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Kahlan, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 155 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997. 10 boys were also named Kahlan in 2025 (7,675th for boys).
2025 had the fewest girls named Kahlan since it first appeared, in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Kahlan in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 97% of the babies named Kahlan in the US in 2010, and 56% in 2022.
Kahlan in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 33 | #4,259 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,917 |
| 2017 | 59 | #2,835 |
| 2016 | 56 | #2,966 |
| 2015 | 75 | #2,431 |
| 2014 | 80 | #2,304 |
| 2013 | 95 | #2,032 |
| 2012 | 125 | #1,685 |
| 2011 | 142 | #1,540 |
| 2010 | 155 | #1,456 |
| 2009 | 105 | #1,979 |
| 2008 | 65 | #2,773 |
| 2007 | 52 | #3,247 |
| 2006 | 34 | #4,264 |
| 2005 | 44 | #3,400 |
| 2004 | 43 | #3,440 |
| 2003 | 47 | #3,128 |
| 2002 | 35 | #3,726 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,683 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,395 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
Names like Kahlan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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