Klein
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Klein is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “small”. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Klein mean?
Germanic: German and Yiddish surname
“small”
A German and Yiddish surname from klein, 'small', first a nickname for a short person.
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Is Klein a girl's or a boy's name?
Klein is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Klein in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 6 boys.
Klein in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Klein in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Klein, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1984.
2025 had more boys named Klein than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Klein in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Klein in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 25 | #3,962 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
Names like Klein
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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