Kellan
Kellan, also spelt Kellin, is a male given name. Similar names include Kellen, Kaelan, Kallen, Kelan, and Kellyn.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Kellan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kellan, also spelt Kellin, is a male given name. Similar names include Kellen, Kaelan, Kallen, Kelan, and Kellyn.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Kellan
Kellan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1958, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2013: 843 births, good for #368 nationwide. About 61% of every Kellan on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Kellan ranks #1,016 for baby boys with 220 births, falling sharply (-35%). All told, over 11K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Kellan
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Kellan. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Kellan
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About the name Kellan
Kellan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1958 and has accumulated 11K births in the dataset. Kellan's peak popularity came in 2013 when it ranked #363. Use the chart and map above to compare Kellan'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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