Kaelan
Pronounced K EY0 L IH1 N (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1998
- 43 years in use
- 12 spellings
How popular is Kaelan?
Kaelan is a boys' name, and first appears in 1982. It has been given to 5,581 children — the 1,446th most common boys' name on record.
It has been slipping, down 32% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1998, when 210 children were given it.
12 other spellings are counted in that total — Kaylen, Kaylan, Kaelen and nine more — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Kaelan and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Kaylen
- Kaylan
- Kaelen
- Kaylin
- Caylen
- Caylan
- Khelan
- Kaylyn
- Quaylen
- Kaylynn
- Khelen
- Quaylan
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- K EY0 L IH1 N · K EY1 L AE1 N · K EY1 L AH0 N · K EY1 L EH1 N · K EY1 L IH1 N · K IY1 L AE1 N · K IY1 L EH1 N
- Stress pattern:
- 01 · 11 · 10 · 11 · 11 · 11 · 11
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Kaelan
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Kaelan
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Kaelan?
- Kaelan ranks 1,446th among boys' names in US records, with 5,581 births since 1982. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,224.
- Is Kaelan a unisex name?
- No. Kaelan is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Kaelan most popular?
- 1998, when 210 children were given the name. It has been in use for 43 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Kaelan spelled?
- Kaylen, Kaylan, Kaelen, Kaylin, Caylen, Caylan, Khelan, Kaylyn, Quaylen, Kaylynn, Khelen, Quaylan. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.