Kelden — boys' name
227 babies named Kelden in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
227 boys have been named Kelden since 1990, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2022.
- 227
- total births
- 1990–2022
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
44% of everyone ever named Kelden was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Kelden in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kelden
The Social Security Administration has registered 227 babies named Kelden between 1990 and 2022, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kelden currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kelden performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 99 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kelden shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kelden in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 227 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Kelden at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kelden popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1990
- Peak year (2010)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
227 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 21 births in a single year.
Kelden by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 99 births that decade — 44% of Kelden's all-time total
Kelden decade highlights
- Peak decade 99 births
- Runner-up 94 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kelden's strongest decade
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1990–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.