Kallen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAL-en
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,297 for boys
Kallen is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 1,297th for boys in the US (150 babies).
Where does Kallen come from?
Irish: probably a spelling of Callan or Callen
Is Kallen a girl's or a boy's name?
Kallen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 8 girls and 150 boys in the US.
How popular is Kallen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 167% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Kallen, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2015, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kallen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 229 boys in the UK were given Kallen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #239, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Kallen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
How popular is Kallen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,297th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 150 about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 150 boys in the US were named Kallen, making it the 1,297th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,262nd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 159 boys. It first appears in the records in 1963. 8 girls were also named Kallen in 2025 (10,913th for girls).
2025 had more boys named Kallen than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Kallen in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,875 boys in the US were given Kallen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #136, up from #1,297 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 40% of the babies named Kallen in the US in 1990, and 5% in 2025.
Kallen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 150 | #1,297 |
| 2024 | 123 | #1,472 |
| 2023 | 138 | #1,360 |
| 2022 | 141 | #1,330 |
| 2021 | 149 | #1,273 |
| 2020 | 145 | #1,262 |
| 2019 | 124 | #1,413 |
| 2018 | 113 | #1,513 |
| 2017 | 130 | #1,365 |
| 2016 | 138 | #1,310 |
| 2015 | 147 | #1,239 |
| 2014 | 159 | #1,174 |
| 2013 | 112 | #1,468 |
| 2012 | 122 | #1,376 |
| 2011 | 136 | #1,264 |
| 2010 | 117 | #1,415 |
| 2009 | 80 | #1,838 |
| 2008 | 48 | #2,582 |
| 2007 | 56 | #2,304 |
| 2006 | 46 | #2,577 |
| 2005 | 29 | #3,385 |
| 2004 | 32 | #3,070 |
| 2003 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 2002 | 33 | #2,813 |
| 2001 | 21 | #3,837 |
| 2000 | 30 | #2,916 |
| 1999 | 28 | #2,935 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 21 | #3,346 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
Nicknames for Kallen
- Kal 6 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kallen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Finn, Aiden, Kian, Ronan, Rowan, Brayden, Keegan, Brody, Declan, Conan, Caelan
Other spellings of Kallen
Callan, Cailean, Callen, Kalin, Calan, Calon, Kallan, Khalan, Kalan, Khalen, Khalon, Kallin, Khalin
Names related to Kallen
More Irish names
Oscar, Rory, Maeve, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Connor, Casey, Kennedy, Lennon, Cillian, Kevin, Sloane
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Kallen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kallen, updated 20 October 2026.