Calen
Recorded 1977–2025 · United States
Calen was most popular in 2011, when 108 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,309 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,111, with 35 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,720 people named Calen.
Calen over time
How old is the name Calen?
Calen first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1977, which makes it about 48 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 49 of the 49 years since.
How many people are named Calen?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,720 American births named Calen between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,662 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Calen in 2025?
35 American babies were named Calen in 2025, ranking #7,111 that year.
Is Calen getting more or less popular?
Calen is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 47 births a year, against 82 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -43% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Calen a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Calen is mostly a boy’s name — 8.3% of the 2,720 Americans given it were girls and 91.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 1% girls and 99% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Calen?
Roughly 2,662 Americans named Calen are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 21 years old, and half are between 13 and 31.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Calen is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org