Kellon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KEL-en
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Kellon is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
Where does Kellon come from?
Irish: spelling of Kellen; surname of uncertain origin, Irish or German
Meaning borrowed from Kellen. More on Wiktionary.
Is Kellon a girl's or a boy's name?
Kellon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kellon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Kellon, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.
2025 had more boys named Kellon than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Kellon in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 550 boys in the US were given Kellon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #536, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
Kellon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
Names like Kellon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan Brayden Aiden Kayden Declan Kian Kody Finn Keenan Cannon Ronan Deacon
Other spellings of Kellon
Names related to Kellon
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Maeve Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Connor Casey Kennedy Callan 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, “Kellon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kellon, updated 20 October 2026.