Caelan

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/kæiɫən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Caelan is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 130K(measured from records)
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 137K
  • IEIreland≈1 in 162K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

2,562 people, 2020

Sources
208 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 130K (inferred from the name graph)

United States

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Often considered alongside

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Caelan, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Caelan counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Caelan is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States2,5621 in 130K1.9KCaelan208
AU Australia≈190 est.≈1 in 137K4Caelan68
GB United Kingdom≈110 est.≈1 in 585K27Caelan84
CA Canada≈81 est.≈1 in 465K3Caelan63
NL Netherlands781 in 222K73Caelan9
IE Ireland≈32 est.≈1 in 162K—Caelan19

2,562 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Caelan is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Cáelán

  • French given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, United Kingdom

    Also written Caëlan, Caélan

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Caelán

  • Italian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Cáelán

40 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Caelan,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 27 sources across 15 countries.

Official registers attesting Caelan
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20201.9K#6,294
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020626#6,294
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—73#5,341
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—52#11,594
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)200345—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202543—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)200837—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)201135—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)201035—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)200135—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)199933—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)199833—

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Caelan?
A machine transcription gives /kæiɫən/ (IPA) for English.
What are other forms of the name Caelan?
In the etymology graph, Kellen, Kaylan and Kaylen are forms of the same name in other languages.
Is Caelan a male or female name?
Caelan is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Caelan have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 2.6 thousand people named Caelan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled caelan.
Where is Caelan most common?
Caelan is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 130 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Caelan?
In the United States, the national register counted 2,562 people named Caelan in 2020, about 1 in 130 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Caelan”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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