Kellan — #918 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kellan

The Social Security Administration has registered 10,537 babies named Kellan between 1958 and 2024, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kellan currently holds the #918 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 843 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kellan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 6,717 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kellan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 982 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Kellan in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kellan 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 10,537 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.