Kalin
Boy · KAL-in · Slavic
Kalin is a boys' name of Slavic origin, meaning “guelder rose (viburnum)”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Kalin mean?
Slavic: Bulgarian, from kalina 'guelder rose'; also a respelling of Kellan
“guelder rose (viburnum)”
Usually linked to kalina, the guelder rose shrub, which features widely in Slavic folk songs.
- Say it
- KAL-in
Is Kalin a girl's or a boy's name?
Kalin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kalin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Kalin, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd.
2025 had the most boys named Kalin of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Kalin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 229 boys in the UK were given Kalin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #239, up from #2,742 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Kalin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 2 | #6,114 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 2 | #5,967 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 2 | #4,818 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
How popular is Kalin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Kalin, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 94 boys. It first appears in the records in 1959.
Half of all the boys named Kalin in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,875 boys in the US were given Kalin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #136, up from #6,140 for this spelling alone.
In 2018, 17% of the babies named Kalin in the US were girls.
Kalin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 22 | #4,490 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,603 |
| 2017 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2016 | 33 | #3,357 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 31 | #3,454 |
| 2013 | 32 | #3,337 |
| 2012 | 32 | #3,368 |
| 2011 | 46 | #2,625 |
| 2010 | 45 | #2,681 |
| 2009 | 72 | #1,958 |
| 2008 | 38 | #3,056 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,685 |
| 2006 | 31 | #3,382 |
| 2005 | 31 | #3,237 |
| 2004 | 42 | #2,565 |
| 2003 | 42 | #2,466 |
| 2002 | 33 | #2,813 |
| 2001 | 43 | #2,302 |
| 2000 | 45 | #2,192 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,095 |
| 1998 | 61 | #1,677 |
| 1997 | 67 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 87 | #1,263 |
| 1995 | 84 | #1,270 |
| 1994 | 94 | #1,174 |
| 1993 | 65 | #1,439 |
| 1992 | 64 | #1,424 |
| 1991 | 53 | #1,583 |
| 1990 | 50 | #1,630 |
| 1989 | 52 | #1,545 |
| 1988 | 44 | #1,613 |
| 1987 | 29 | #2,053 |
| 1986 | 45 | #1,492 |
| 1985 | 27 | #2,070 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 27 | #1,954 |
| 1982 | 18 | #2,595 |
| 1981 | 25 | #2,085 |
| 1980 | 15 | #2,964 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,776 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
Names like Kalin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Kalin
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