Masculine dossier · first seen 1977

Calen

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Calen
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2011

Peak rank proxy

103

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1977Peak 20112024

Peak year

2011

Decline from peak

54.4%

2024

All-time

2,459

Calen has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2011, when 103 boys were named Calen.

In 2024, only 47 boys were given the name.

Down 54.4% from its peak.

All told, about 2,459 Americans have been named Calen and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1977.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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