Kaelan is a rare variant of Kalen that peaked in 1998 and has since faded.
Kaelan is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #5,117 for boy births in the United States (and #10,790 across all names), given to 19 babies. Kaelan first appears in 1987 and peaked in 1998 (91 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | 19 | — | #5,117 |
| 2024 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,740 |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,565 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | #16,426 | #7,023 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,663 |
| 2020 | 21 | 21 | #14,232 | #5,831 |
| 2019 | 28 | 28 | #14,625 | #4,555 |
| 2018 | 22 | 22 | #16,812 | #5,421 |
| 2017 | 48 | 48 | #12,163 | #2,979 |
| 2016 | 31 | 31 | #13,569 | #4,255 |
| 2015 | 55 | 55 | #8,201 | #2,885 |
| 2014 | 30 | 30 | #12,467 | #4,460 |
| 2013 | 46 | 46 | #10,605 | #3,094 |
| 2012 | 41 | 41 | #12,765 | #3,333 |
| 2011 | 42 | 42 | #11,651 | #3,335 |
| 2010 | 63 | 63 | #7,699 | #2,605 |
| 2009 | 72 | 72 | #8,240 | #2,309 |
| 2008 | 64 | 64 | #7,562 | #2,655 |
| 2007 | 67 | 67 | #7,564 | #2,518 |
| 2006 | 71 | 71 | #7,306 | #2,334 |
| 2005 | 72 | 72 | #8,574 | #2,097 |
| 2004 | 71 | 71 | #6,931 | #2,177 |
| 2003 | 97 | 97 | #3,385 | #2,091 |
| 2002 | 94 | 94 | #4,825 | #1,701 |
| 2001 | 86 | 86 | #5,936 | #1,726 |
| 2000 | 98 | 98 | #6,077 | #1,512 |
| 1999 | 105 | 105 | #4,651 | #1,442 |
| 1998 | 112 | 112 | #5,034 | #1,309 |
| 1997 | 105 | — | #4,439 | #1,370 |
| 1996 | 76 | — | #6,536 | #1,592 |
| 1995 | 69 | — | #9,996 | #1,555 |
| 1994 | 66 | — | #6,857 | #1,700 |
| 1993 | 29 | — | #10,006 | #3,199 |
| 1992 | 23 | — | — | #2,954 |
| 1991 | 16 | — | #14,159 | #4,934 |
| 1989 | 5 | — | — | #8,545 |
| 1988 | 12 | — | #12,688 | #6,119 |
| 1987 | 15 | — | #10,446 | #4,750 |