Kalmen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAHL-mahn
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Kalmen is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “little dove”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Kalmen mean?
Irish: spelling of Kalman; Hungarian Kálmán, from Coloman, via Irish Colmán
“little dove”
King Kálmán 'the Learned' ruled Hungary from 1095 to 1116; Jewish families also use Kalman as a short form of Kalonymus.
Meaning borrowed from Kalman.
Is Kalmen a girl's or a boy's name?
Kalmen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kalmen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Kalmen, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 2004.
2025 had fewer boys named Kalmen than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Kalmen in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kalmen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
Names like Kalmen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Aiden, Brayden, Kian, Raiden, Callan, Ronan, Declan, Finn, Kellan, Keegan, Rayden
Names related to Kalmen
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Connor, Casey, Kennedy, Lennon, Cillian, Kevin
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, “Kalmen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kalmen, updated 20 October 2026.