girls:
15 births since 1977
#5701 (0th percentile)
boys:
28 births since 2016
#4558 (1st percentile)
overall:
43 births since 1977
#7696 (1st percentile)
The name Kellian is the #7,696 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 43 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 0.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,558 (0.5% percentile) for all time with 28 births since 2016. For girls, it ranks #5,701 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 15 births since 1977.
Kellian first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (1977 for girls and 2016 for boys). Birth data for Kellian is available in 6 out of the 47 years between 1977 and 2023 (4 years for boys and 2 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 Kellian has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (65.1% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Kellian were boys. Interestingly, until around 2016, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1977 to 2015), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 2016 to 2023).
For boys, Kellian reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #924) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Kellian ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 46.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Kellian reached its peak popularity in 1977, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #765) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1977, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1988.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kellian".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kellian. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.0% confident that Kellian is pronounced as KEH-lee-uhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEHL-yuhn, at 10.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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