Kalan

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 27 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
27
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kalan by the numbers

Kalan was given to 27 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 45 babies in 1993, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Kalan

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kalan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kalatime; black; dark22 in the US (2017)
  • Kalonbeautiful and good; from kalon14 in the US (2017)
  • Kawanfriend or companion6 in the US (2017)
  • Kalyn43 in the US (2017)
  • Kayan34 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kagan13 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kalan

Names that are said the same way as Kalan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Callanpowerful warrior; a form of cailean393 in the US (2017)
  • Kailynpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin294 in the US (2017)
  • Kaylinpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin or Katelin290 in the US (2017)
  • Kailynnpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin157 in the US (2017)
  • Kaylynpure; a modern respelling of Kaitlyn or Katelyn130 in the US (2017)
  • Cailynpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin or Caitlyn87 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kalan

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