Kaleen
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-LEEN
- Origin
- Modern
Kaleen is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Kaleen come from?
Modern: variant of Kaylene or Colleen
Is Kaleen a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaleen is a girls' name.
How popular is Kaleen in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1994, with 38 girls. It first appears in the records in 1949.
Half of all the girls named Kaleen in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kaleen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,448 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,964 |
| 1994 | 38 | #3,033 |
| 1993 | 36 | #3,153 |
| 1992 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,888 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,119 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,516 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,686 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,024 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,343 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,108 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 13 | #3,788 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,483 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,201 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,018 |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 11 | #3,826 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,160 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,713 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,660 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
Names like Kaleen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaitlyn, Keegan, Kayden, Keely, Kaylynn, Brynn, Cassidy, Regan, Devyn, Keeley, Brecken, Keren
Names related to Kaleen
Kaylen, Kayleen, Kalena, Kaileen, Kaylene, Kailen, Kalyn, Kaleena
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, “Kaleen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaleen, updated 20 October 2026.