Boys' name · since 1990
Kelden
Kelden has 227 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 227
- total births
- 1990–2022
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
Kelden is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 227 have been recorded since 1990.
Social Security Administration records show Kelden recorded 227 times among boys since 1990, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2022.
- 227 total births
- 1990–2022 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 44% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kelden's 227 recorded births place it above 73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kelden's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kelden's full recorded timeline at 2008, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kelden popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2022
- Peak year (2010)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Kelden by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Kelden's strongest decade.
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Kelden births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s
2000s
94 births
- 2010s
2010s
99 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 99 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Kelden's decade-level peak was the 2010s (99 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1990–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kelden: Baby Name Since 1990 - 227 Births, Peak 2010." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kelden. 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 Kelden 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.