Is Kelin a boy or girl name?

Kelin is a unisex name. Of the 799 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 40.2% were girls and 59.8% were boys. It changed hands in 2005, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Kelin

Recorded 1968–2024 · United States

Kelin was most popular in 2006, when 47 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,831 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 799 people named Kelin.

Kelin over time

Births per year. The dot marks Kelin’s peak in 2006. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Kelin a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kelin is a unisex name — 40.2% of the 799 Americans given it were girls and 59.8% were boys. It changed hands: since 2005 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 12% girls and 88% 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.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org