Boys' name · since 1996
Khalen
Khalen has 210 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,663 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,624 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 210
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Khalen is the #6624 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 210 recorded since 1996.
Khalen has 210 recorded births among boys since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6624 as of the latest data, more common than 52% of boys, 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 1996 to 2025.
- #12,663 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,624 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 210 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khalen ranks #12,663 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,624 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 210 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,663 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,624 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 210
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Khalen's 210 recorded births place it above 72.14% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Khalen compares
210 39th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Khalen's all-time total is 43% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Khalen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 210 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Khalen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Khalen's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2003, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Khalen popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Khalen popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2008 (Khalen as girls' name)
Khalen by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (75 births, 36% of the file).
2000s was Khalen's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Khalen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 24
1990s
24 births
- 2000s
2000s
75 births
- 2010s
2010s
69 births
- 2020s
2020s
42 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 75 births (36% of all-time use).
Khalen by state
Where Khalen concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.4% |
5 of 210 births nationwide.
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What to do with Khalen's data
- Khalen's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (75 total births) through the 2020s (42) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Khalens (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Khalen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~29 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1996–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Khalen 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 August 2026.