Is Kaelin a boy or girl name?

Kaelin is a unisex name. Of the 3,663 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 74.7% were girls and 25.3% were boys. It changed hands in 2021, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Kaelin

Recorded 1981–2025 · United States

Kaelin was most popular in 1995, when 281 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,319 that year. In 2025 it ranked #15,103, with 11 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,663 people named Kaelin.

Kaelin over time

Births per year. The dot marks Kaelin’s peak in 1995. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Kaelin a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kaelin is a unisex name — 74.7% of the 3,663 Americans given it were girls and 25.3% were boys. It changed hands: since 2021 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 63% girls and 37% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Kaelin

Where Kaelin 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