Kalyan
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Kalyan is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “welfare, prosperity”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Kalyan mean?
Sanskrit
“welfare, prosperity”
A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Kalyan a girl's or a boy's name?
Kalyan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kalyan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Kalyan, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2016, with 6 boys.
2025 had more boys named Kalyan than any year since 2016.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Kalyan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
How popular is Kalyan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Kalyan, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Kalyan in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kalyan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
Names like Kalyan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Finn Kian Ronan Aiden Brody Lochlan Rowan Keegan Declan Caelan Callan
Names related to Kalyan
Kylan Kaylan Kaelan Kaloyan Kalen Kailan Kealan Kalin Kallan Khalan Kahlan Kalan
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya
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, “Kalyan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kalyan, updated 20 October 2026.