Unisex name · since 1982
Kelen
189 babies named Kelen in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 189
- total births
- 1982–2019
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
Kelen sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 189 recorded since 1982.
Kelen has 189 recorded births among boys since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2019.
- 189 total births
- 1982–2019 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 42% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kelen's 189 recorded births place it above 71% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kelen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kelen's full recorded timeline at 2005, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kelen popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2019
- Peak year (2007)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Kelen popularity over time - girls
25 total births recorded since 1995 (Kelen as girls' name)
Kelen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Kelen's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Kelen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 23
1980s
23 births
- 1990s 26
1990s
26 births
- 2000s
2000s
80 births
- 2010s
2010s
60 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 80 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Kelen's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (80 total births) through the 2010s (60) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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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, 1982–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kelen: Baby Name Since 1982 - 189 Births, Peak 2007." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kelen. 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 Kelen 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.