Khalan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAL-an
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #3,847 for boys
Khalan is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,847th for boys in the US (28 babies).
Where does Khalan come from?
Irish: spelling of Callan; surname and place name
Meaning borrowed from Callan. More on Wiktionary.
Is Khalan a girl's or a boy's name?
Khalan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khalan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,847among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 61,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 28 boys in the US were named Khalan, making it the 3,847th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,808th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 43 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Khalan in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,875 boys in the US were given Khalan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #136, up from #3,847 for this spelling alone.
Khalan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #3,847 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 43 | #2,917 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,073 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
Nicknames for Khalan
- Cal 10 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Khalan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ronan Declan Kellan Callahan Keegan Kian Kayden Finnegan Finnan Finn Rogan Aiden
Other spellings of Khalan
Callan Callen Kallen Kallan Calan Kalan Kalin Khalen Khalon Kallin Khalin
Names related to Khalan
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, “Khalan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khalan, updated 20 October 2026.