girls:
1.3k births since 1961
#4462 (22nd percentile)
boys:
16.6k births since 1954
#894 (81st percentile)
overall:
17.9k births since 1954
#1925 (75th percentile)
The name Kellen is the #1,925 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 17,882 recorded births since 1954. This represents the 75.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 75.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #894 (80.5% percentile) for all time with 16,622 births since 1954. For girls, it ranks #4,462 (21.9% percentile) for all time with 1,260 births since 1961.
Kellen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1954 (1954 for boys and 1961 for girls). Birth data for Kellen is available in 63 out of the 70 years between 1954 and 2023 (60 years for boys and 54 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kellen has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 93.0% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Kellen reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 64.4% percentile (ranked #321) with 459 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 459 births per million (ranked 64.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kellen ranks #668 for boys (26.7% percentile) with 137 births per million, which is 29.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Kellen reached its peak popularity in 1988, achieving the 6.4% percentile (ranked #756) with 30 births per million. The name was most common in 1988, with 30 births per million (ranked 6.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kellen ranks #942 for girls (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 19.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kellen".
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