Total births
17
Boys' name · since 2008
Kealen
Kealen has 17 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 17
- total births
- 2008–2012
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 59%
- born in that decade
Kealen is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 17 have been recorded since 2008.
Kealen has 17 recorded births among boys since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2012.
- 17 total births
- 2008–2012 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 59% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
17 boys have been named Kealen since 2008, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2012.
- 17
- total births
- 2008–2012
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 59%
- born in that decade
2010s
Peak decade
59% of everyone ever named Kealen was born in this single decade.
2008
Single peak year
7 babies were named Kealen in 2008 - its busiest year on record.
Kealen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kealen's full recorded timeline at 2010, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2010, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kealen at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
2008
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2008
Kealen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2012
- Peak year (2008)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Kealen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Kealen's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Kealen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 10 births (59% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Kealen? ▼
Kealen has been given to 17 babies in the U.S. since 2008, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2012. 7 babies were born in 2008, its single highest year.
When was Kealen most popular? ▼
Kealen was most popular in the 2010s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Kealen been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Kealen since 2008 -- 5 years through the most recent 2012 data.
What names are similar to Kealen? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Keaton, Keagan, Keanu, Keandre, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.
Keep exploring Kealen
Nearby Names Like Kealen
Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Kealen
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Keagan Boy
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Keanu Boy
#633 8,695 births
Keandre Boy
#3246 3,078 births
Keane Boy
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Compare Kealen side by side: Kealen vs Keaton Kealen vs Keagan Kealen vs Keanu
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2008–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Kealen: Baby Name Since 2008 - 17 Births, Peak 2008." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kealen. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kealen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.