Kahlan

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Kahlan: Recorded since 1997, it reached #663 in 2010, and it was last ranked in 2018.

2registrars recorded it
14times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#663highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2018

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
2004	#4598
2007	#5201
2009	#2535
2010	#1150
2011	#1903
2012	#1893
2013	#2887
2014	#2862
2015	#3615
2016	#4763
2017	#5765
2018	#4684

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 13 of the 22 years from 1997 to 2018.

In 2010: #663 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1150 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1997–2018 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #3824 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #4684 among girls in England and Wales, in 2018.
England and Wales · Girls

Kahlan by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Kahlan in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	15	3 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	90	9 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

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

Kahlan 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 2 regions, from 1997 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #663 in Republic of Ireland in 2010.

Kahlan'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
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2862	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1893	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1903	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1150	28	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#663	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1997 and 2018, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #663, first reached in 2010.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 28 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2010, and 13 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.

Kaelum · #403, 12y
Kaelyn · #716, 18y
Kahlil · #2165, 10y
Kai · #20, 81y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Barbora · #661, 17y
Carleigh · #661, 9y
Mia-Lily · #660, 9y
Nicolae · #660, 15y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Alisia · #663, 29y
Rahela · #663, 25y
Amrita · #664, 29y
Jemimah · #664, 29y

Kahlan was ranked #663 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2010. 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.

Kahlan 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 Kahlan without appearing here.

Kahlan moved ahead of

Jeanette Compare
In 2009 they stood at #5201 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1150 and #4688.
Ellinor Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4598 and #2802 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #2535 and #5556.
Kristy Compare
In 2008 they stood at #5201 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #2535 and #5556.
Kari Compare
In 2009 they stood at #5201 and #3667 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1150 and #3533.

Moved ahead of Kahlan

Rory Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3615 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2706.
Malin Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2887 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #2120.
Cooper Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3615 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #2966.
Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2862 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #3615 and #2705.

Moved the same way as Kahlan

Kristine Compare
Between 1997 and 2017 in England and Wales · Girls, Kahlan went from #3824 to #5765 and Kristine from #2738 to #5765.
Tracy Compare
Between 1997 and 2017 in England and Wales · Girls, Kahlan went from #3824 to #5765 and Tracy from #820 to #2502.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2 regions, from 1997 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #663 in Republic of Ireland in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Kahlan

Kahlan at a glance

What the data shows

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Kahlan by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Kahlan by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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