Is Kallen a boy or girl name?

Kallen is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 3,103 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 11.6% were girls and 88.4% were boys.

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Kallen

Recorded 1963–2025 · United States

Kallen was most popular in 2014, when 167 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,483 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,599, with 158 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,103 people named Kallen.

Kallen over time

Births per year. The dot marks Kallen’s peak in 2014. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Kallen a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kallen is mostly a boy’s name — 11.6% of the 3,103 Americans given it were girls and 88.4% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 6% girls and 94% 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 Kallen

Where Kallen 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