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Kellan

Boy · Irish

Kellan is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 1,030th for boys in the US (215 babies).

What does Kellan mean?

Irish

A male given name from Irish.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Kellan a girl's or a boy's name?

Kellan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 8 girls and 215 boys in the US.

How popular is Kellan in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,301among boys
Babies in 2025
4about 1 in 75,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 41% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Kellan, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2013, with 40 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Kellan than any year since 2008.

Half of all the boys named Kellan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were given Kellan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,452, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 40 in 20132025
Kellan in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20254#4,301
202411#2,149
20239#2,468
202213#1,886
20216#3,179
20208#2,562
201918#1,479
201815#1,715
201719#1,428
201626#1,163
201531#1,025
201439#860
201340#843
201239#873
201117#1,489
201037#867
20096#2,970
20084#3,836
20079#2,139
20064#3,522
20057#2,292
20045#2,691
20039#1,723
20024#2,751
20015#2,326
20007#1,775
19998#1,582
199810#1,346
19975#2,109
19964#2,442

How popular is Kellan in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,030among boys
Babies in 2025
215about 1 in 7,900 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 35% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 215 boys in the US were named Kellan, making it the 1,030th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 688th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 843 boys. It first appears in the records in 1958. 8 girls were also named Kellan in 2025 (10,913th for girls).

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Kellan than any year since 2008.

Half of all the boys named Kellan in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 550 boys in the US were given Kellan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #536, up from #1,030 for this spelling alone.

Girls were 32% of the babies named Kellan in the US in 1981, and 4% in 2025.

1958Busiest: 843 in 20132025
Kellan in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025215#1,030
2024252#919
2023257#905
2022284#853
2021285#834
2020370#688
2019308#769
2018438#615
2017503#551
2016601#499
2015776#398
2014809#384
2013843#368
2012813#373
2011819#363
2010807#365
2009400#623
2008161#1,133
2007228#883
2006128#1,294
2005134#1,190
2004127#1,201
2003101#1,347
200285#1,480
200173#1,613
200061#1,778
199957#1,760
199856#1,788
199744#2,021
199643#2,013
199540#2,050
199445#1,863
199343#1,902
199255#1,593
199142#1,861
199046#1,725
198951#1,562
198836#1,844
198751#1,423
198665#1,173
198547#1,428
198433#1,722
198343#1,447
198241#1,513
198121#2,337
19809#4,133
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Names like Kellan

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Finn Ronan Keegan Kayden Kian Aiden Conan Declan Brody Caelan Callan Brogan

Other spellings of Kellan

Keelan Kellen Kellin Kelan Keelin Kellon

Names related to Kellan

Killian Kaelan Kallan Kyllian Keilan Kielan Keylan

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