Recorded 1992–2018 Boys' name Peak 2001 106 births

Kollen — boys' name

106 babies named Kollen in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s182000s502010s38
2000s
Peak decade

47% of everyone ever named Kollen was born in this single decade.

2001
Single peak year

13 babies were named Kollen in 2001 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kollen

The Social Security Administration has registered 106 babies named Kollen between 1992 and 2018, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kollen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kollen performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kollen shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kollen 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 106 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.

Kollen at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

106

Since 1992

27 years of records

Peak year

2001

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1992

Recorded for 27 years

Last year on file: 2018

Kollen popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1992

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2001)
13
Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
468101214 20182014201120092006200319991992 5

Kollen by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
50 births that decade — 47% of Kollen's all-time total
1990s182000s502010s38

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kollen?
106 babies have been named Kollen since 1992. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2001 with 13 births.
When was Kollen most popular?
Kollen was most popular in the 2000s decade with 50 total births. The single peak year was 2001.
How long has the name Kollen been used?
Kollen has been recorded in Social Security data since 1992, spanning 27 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Kollen?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kolton, Kolby, Kole, Kolten, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1992–2018 (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.