Kelian
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KEL-ee-an
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #5,044 for boys
Kelian is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).
What does Kelian mean?
Irish: French-style spelling of Kilian, from Irish Cillian
Saint Kilian was a 7th-century Irish missionary martyred at Würzburg in Germany.
Is Kelian a girl's or a boy's name?
Kelian is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kelian in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,044among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 90,000 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, 19 boys in the US were named Kelian, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. It first appears in the records in 2011.
2025 had the most boys named Kelian of any year since it first appeared, in 2011.
Half of all the boys named Kelian in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kelian in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
Names like Kelian
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassian Finnegan Kian Killian Finn Kayden Declan Ronan Keegan Callan Finnian Kellan
Names related to Kelian
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Maeve Aiden Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Connor Casey Kennedy Lennon Cillian
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, “Kelian: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kelian, updated 20 October 2026.