Kaelin
Kaelin is given to both girls and boys: 5 girls and 6 boys were given it in 2025 (#16,012 among girls’ names and #11,308 among boys’, #15,547 among all names counting both); 3,663 Americans have been recorded with it since 1981 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,600 Americans named Kaelin and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (98% of everyone recorded); the median is 23 years old and half are between 18 and 30.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Kaelin by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Kaelin?
#16,012 among girls’ names, 2025
Kaelin fell from #4,104 in 2015 to #16,012 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 20.2 to 3.1 per million.
281 babies in 1995, the peak
Kaelin peaked in 1995, when 281 babies were given it (160 girls, #1,108 among girls’ names). The 11 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 4% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #16,012 | 6 | #11,308 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,252 | 7 | #10,214 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,807 | 8 | #9,403 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,237 | 13 | #6,493 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,373 | 9 | #8,377 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,881 | 13 | #6,590 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,559 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,114 | 11 | #7,315 |
| 2016 | 36 | #4,124 | 10 | #7,863 |
| 2015 | 36 | #4,104 | 8 | #9,142 |
Every recorded year (44)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 38 | #3,957 | 24 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 51 | #3,201 | 7 | #10,181 |
| 2012 | 49 | #3,339 | 17 | #5,366 |
| 2011 | 57 | #3,000 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2010 | 79 | #2,392 | 13 | #6,536 |
| 2009 | 118 | #1,826 | 12 | #7,021 |
| 2008 | 121 | #1,803 | 23 | #4,325 |
| 2007 | 153 | #1,513 | 30 | #3,556 |
| 2006 | 157 | #1,438 | 30 | #3,477 |
| 2005 | 196 | #1,177 | 27 | #3,568 |
| 2004 | 130 | #1,536 | 33 | #3,043 |
| 2003 | 142 | #1,401 | 28 | #3,318 |
| 2002 | 75 | #2,209 | 32 | #2,910 |
| 2001 | 109 | #1,664 | 27 | #3,270 |
| 2000 | 90 | #1,888 | 27 | #3,179 |
| 1999 | 81 | #1,942 | 36 | #2,490 |
| 1998 | 77 | #1,962 | 41 | #2,217 |
| 1997 | 120 | #1,401 | 44 | #2,038 |
| 1996 | 118 | #1,401 | 65 | #1,540 |
| 1995 | 160 | #1,108 | 121 | #1,007 |
| 1994 | 89 | #1,674 | 63 | #1,500 |
| 1993 | 38 | #3,069 | 12 | #4,850 |
| 1992 | 45 | #2,701 | 11 | #5,052 |
| 1991 | 33 | #3,323 | 23 | #2,866 |
| 1990 | 33 | #3,312 | 15 | #3,865 |
| 1989 | 39 | #2,830 | 15 | #3,717 |
| 1988 | 33 | #3,059 | 11 | #4,301 |
| 1987 | 26 | #3,459 | 9 | #4,744 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,249 | under 5 | |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,176 | 7 | #5,445 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,831 | 7 | #5,260 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,985 | under 5 | |
| 1982 | 11 | #6,103 | under 5 | |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,398 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Kaelin a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,663 Americans recorded as Kaelin, 75% are girls and 25% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Kaelin: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Kaelin, and how old are they?
3,600 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 98% of the 3,663 Americans ever recorded as Kaelin. The median Kaelin alive today is 23 years old; half are between 18 and 30.
The 2020 Census counted 3,237 people named Kaelin (2,497 women and girls, 740 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,523 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,030 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,160 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 412 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Kaelin born?
The states with the most babies named Kaelin are California, Texas and New York, with 45% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 340 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Texas | 139 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| New York | 102 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Florida | 100 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Kentucky | 96 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Ohio | 78 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 64 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Georgia | 59 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Indiana | 43 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Washington | 40 | not ranked | 0.5× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Kaelin with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
How common is the spelling Kaelin?
Kaelin is a less common spelling of Kaelyn: SSA has recorded 3,663 Kaelin and 15,648 Kaelyn since 1880.
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 87,187 babies since 1880, Kaelin is the eighth most given (4.2% of them). In 2025 it was given to 11 of their 610 babies (1.8%), again the eighth most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Kaelin
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1980-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Nijah | 1,403 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Kaelin and names like it
- Compare Kaelin and KaelynBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sKaelin peaked in 1995.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Kaelin since 1910.
- The top names of 1995The year the most babies were named Kaelin.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Kaelin alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with KMost given first.