Kalan
The Story of Kalan
As a girl name
Kalan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1982, with 9 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1993: 19 births, good for #4,998 nationwide. About 45% of every Kalan on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Kalan last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 242 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Kalan on the record books as a boy name in 1974, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1993, when 45 Kalans were born — ranking #1,849 that year. About 27% of every Kalan on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Kalan ranks #4,615 for boys with 22 births, falling sharply (-18%). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Kalan
Kalan is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1974 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Kalan's peak popularity came in 1993 when it ranked #1,841. Use the chart and map above to compare Kalan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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