Kalen

maleStatistical record

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

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

Kalen: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #629 in 2007, and it stood at #2,671 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#629highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1235
1997	#1257
1998	#1485
1999	#1199
2000	#2142
2001	#2587
2002	#2005
2003	#1513
2004	#1732
2005	#1299
2006	#1892
2007	#2741
2008	#1511
2009	#1358
2010	#1241
2011	#2039
2012	#1507
2013	#2954
2014	#1630
2015	#2150
2016	#2804
2017	#3449
2018	#1991
2019	#1745
2020	#1635
2021	#1595
2022	#1469
2023	#2160
2024	#2671

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 England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2023: #770 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2160 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1235 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2007–2023
Highest recorded position: #629 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2007 (recorded 2007–2023).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2671 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Kalen appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 310 births with the name.

Kalen across 2 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.

Kalen'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
England and Wales · Boys	#1235 (1996)	#1199 (1999)	#2671 (2024)	29 of 29	310 (1996–2024)	20 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#629 (2007)	#629 (2007)	#770 (2023)	3 of 17	9 (2007–2023)	3 (2007)

Kalen 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 Kalen in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	39	4 of 10	10
2000s	95	10 of 10	10
2010s	112	10 of 10	11
2020sbusiest	64	5 of 10	13

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 13 births a year.

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

Kalen 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #629 in Republic of Ireland in 2007.

Kalen'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#2671	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2160	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1469	17	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1595	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1635	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1745	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1991	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1630	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1507	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2039	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1241	20	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1358	17	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1511	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1892	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1299	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1732	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1513	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1199	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1485	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1257	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1235	10	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #629, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 11 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.

Kalel · #596, 20y
Kalem · #272, 25y
Kaley · #432, 23y
Kali · #223, 30y

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.

Abdurahman · #629, 29y
Abid · #629, 29y
Christabel · #629, 29y
Habib · #629, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Abdurahman · #629, 29y
Abid · #629, 29y
Austen · #629, 29y
Brandyn · #629, 11y

Kalen was ranked #629 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2007. 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.

Kalen 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 Kalen without appearing here.

Kalen moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2954 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1630 and #4632.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2160 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #5119.
Brent Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2741 and #1756 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1511 and #3687.
Kim Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2741 and #2435 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1511 and #3687.

Moved ahead of Kalen

Harper Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1469 and #1609 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #1207.
Mathias Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1241 and #1620 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2039 and #1209.
Ronny Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1513 and #1962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1732 and #906.
Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1469 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #1363.

Moved the opposite way to Kalen

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kalen went from #1235 to #2671 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kalen went from #1235 to #2671 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kalen went from #1235 to #2671 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kalen went from #1235 to #2671 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Kalen

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kalen went from #1235 to #2671 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kalen went from #1235 to #2671 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kalen went from #1235 to #2671 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kalen went from #1235 to #2671 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #629 in Republic of Ireland in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kalen

Kalen at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kalen across 2 official records

Kalen by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Popularity data

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Kalen across 2 official records

Kalen by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Kalen

Kalen and the names beside it

Kalen moved ahead of

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