Kelan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kelan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kelan: Recorded since 1982, it reached #238 in 2006, and it stood at #3,848 in 2020.

3registrars recorded it
46times a registrar ranked it
39years from first to last
#238highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2020

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1337
1997	#1345
1998	#716
1999	#776
2000	#817
2001	#1202
2002	#1077
2003	#833
2004	#1878
2005	#1456
2006	#1892
2007	#1440
2008	#2507
2009	#1981
2010	#2629
2011	#3300
2012	#4805
2013	#3822
2014	#4632
2015	#2707
2018	#3412
2020	#3848

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 19 of the 35 years from 1982 to 2016.

In 2012: #403 among boys in Northern Ireland, #4805 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1982–2020 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1982
First recorded at #330 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1982 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1999–2012
Highest recorded position: #238 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2006 (recorded 1999–2012).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2020
Most recently recorded at #3848 among boys in England and Wales, in 2020.
England and Wales · Boys

Kelan appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 22 ranked years and 233 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1982.

Kelan across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Kelan's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#330 (1982)	#242 (1998)	#713 (2016)	19 of 35	82 (1982–2016)	7 (2003)
England and Wales · Boys	#1337 (1996)	#716 (1998)	#3848 (2020)	22 of 25	233 (1996–2020)	24 (2003)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#277 (1999)	#238 (2006)	#403 (2012)	5 of 14	18 (1999–2012)	6 (2006)

Kelan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kelan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	62	4 of 10	16
2000sbusiest	133	10 of 10	13
2010s	34	7 of 10	5
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Kelan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1982 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #238 in Northern Ireland in 2006.

Kelan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1981	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1440	15	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1892	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1456	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#833	24	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1077	15	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1202	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#817	20	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#776	21	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#716	23	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1345	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1337	9	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#387	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#238	6	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#281	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#444	7	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#473	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#351	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#305	7	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#348	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#323	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#278	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1982 and 2020, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #238, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 24 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 17 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Keita · #758, 14y
Keith · #17, 74y
Kelcie · #1836, 19y
Kelechi · #1666, 27y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Alix · #238, 29y
Erinn · #238, 28y
Johnathon · #238, 25y
Karis · #238, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Serine · #237, 37y
Eir · #240, 29y
Cillin · #235, 11y
Kaylee · #235, 30y

Kelan was ranked #238 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2006. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kelan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kelan without appearing here.

Kelan moved ahead of

Kim Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2707 and #4747.
Brent Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3412 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #4608.
Ronald Compare
In 2002 they stood at #323 and #286 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2003 that had become #305 and #500.
Garry Compare
In 2006 they stood at #596 and #493 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #473 and #629.

Moved ahead of Kelan

Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2629 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3300 and #1398.
Gunnar Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2707 and #3373 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3412 and #1786.
Robyn Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2707 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #2228.
Rune Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3412 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #2228.

Moved the opposite way to Kelan

Aaron Compare
Between 1982 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kelan went from #330 to #713 while Aaron went from #90 to #24.
Adam Compare
Between 1982 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kelan went from #330 to #713 while Adam went from #80 to #7.
Alex Compare
Between 1982 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kelan went from #330 to #713 while Alex went from #248 to #17.
Alexander Compare
Between 1982 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kelan went from #330 to #713 while Alexander went from #131 to #49.

Moved the same way as Kelan

Adrian Compare
Between 1982 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kelan went from #330 to #713 and Adrian from #53 to #156.
Denis Compare
Between 1982 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kelan went from #330 to #713 and Denis from #55 to #145.
Edward Compare
Between 1982 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kelan went from #330 to #713 and Edward from #44 to #90.
Francis Compare
Between 1982 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kelan went from #330 to #713 and Francis from #54 to #263.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1982 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #238 in Northern Ireland in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Kelan

Kelan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kelan across 3 official records

Kelan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kelan appears in

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Kelan at a glance

Kelan across 3 official records

Kelan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Kelan

Kelan and the names beside it

Kelan moved ahead of

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