Given name & surname
Kaelin
“a beautiful girl from the meadow”·“a mighty warrior”
Kaelin is a variant of Kaelyn. One English interpretation is “a beautiful girl from the meadow.” Kaelin is a variant of Kaelan. One interpretation is “a mighty warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kaelin is a variant of Kaelyn. One English interpretation is “a beautiful girl from the meadow.” Kaelin is a variant of Kaelan. One interpretation is “a mighty warrior.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kaelin is a variant of Kaelyn. An origin associated with Kaelyn is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kaelin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,663
- 926 boys · 2,737 girls
- Most popular year
- 1995
- 281 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #11,312 for boys · #16,016 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −54%
- Cooling
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 37% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,312 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 121 in 1995. It also appeared in 5 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,237 as a first name in 2020; 2,471 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kaelin’s family of names
Kaelin has a related form in Kaelyn. Kaelin has a related form in Kaelan.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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