Kellen

Origin: Variant of Kellan · a male name from Irish (from Irish (spelling variant of Kellan))

Boy's name · #1069 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

Popularity over time

Kellen's best rank, #337, came in 2012; it has settled back to #1069 today. Roughly 17,000 boys have been named Kellen since 1954.

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 30 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

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#2,237 in Canada (2024).

Among 55 notable people named Kellen:

Sports figures appear 3.41× more often than among typical names — e.g. Kellen Winslow, American football player.

Similar names: Kellan · Cullen · Keller · London · Callen · Aden

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