Masculine dossier · first seen 1959

Kalen

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1998

Peak rank proxy

169

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1959Peak 19982024

Peak year

1998

Decline from peak

56.2%

2024

All-time

4,556

Kalen 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 1998, when 169 boys were named Kalen.

In 2024, only 74 boys were given the name.

Down 56.2% from its peak.

All told, about 4,556 Americans have been named Kalen and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1959.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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