Fun Facts About the Name Kallin
- 207 babies named Kallin: U.S. records list 207 babies given the name Kallin from 1880 through 2025. Even 24 girls received the name Kallin - about 1 girl for every 8 boys.
What Does the Name Kallin Mean?
Kallin is uncommon as a given name, and no single origin is firmly documented. Its best-attested use is as a surname in Sweden, where names ending in -in were formed in several different ways: from a parent's name in a Latinized shape, from a farm or village name, or from an ordinary word, as in Hedin (from hed, "heath"). A likely source for Kallin is the Swedish word kall, "cold," giving a sense close to "cold one" or "from the cold place." That fits the pattern of Swedish -in surnames, but it is a probable explanation, not a confirmed one; a place name or a shortened personal name could just as easily lie behind a given family's surname.
Kallin should not be merged with other names it happens to resemble. It is spelled like the Slavic given name Kalin, which comes from kalina, the guelder-rose shrub, and it can look like an English rendering of the Irish word cailín, "girl," which gave the name Colleen. Those are separate names with separate histories, and the shared spelling does not show a shared origin.
Kallin Name History & Origins
In Sweden the surname Kallin belongs to the large group of names ending in -in, a form that became common as Latinized and shortened surnames spread among clergy, townspeople, and soldiers. Under the Swedish allotment system, a soldier was often given a short one-word name, and a man called Kall could hand on the form Kallin to his children; the same ending was also added to farm and village names when families moved or when a name had to be made distinctive. The spelling also appears in Finland, where Swedish and Finnish surname customs overlapped for centuries.
As a given name, Kallin is used mainly in English-speaking countries and is far less common than the surname. Rather than descending from a long line of Swedish bearers, most given-name use appears to be an occasional respelling of a name already familiar in English, which is why bearers of the name today are unlikely to share a single ancestry or meaning.
How Popular is the Name Kallin?
Kallin has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2011. Its best rank was #4,907 in 2011.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | #14,646 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1999 | #11,969 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1998 | #15,265 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #13,314 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,185 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #9,338 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2022 | #9,417 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #10,244 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #13,119 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2018 | #13,141 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #8,497 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #7,379 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2015 | #10,079 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #11,420 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #8,449 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2012 | #6,823 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #4,907 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2010 | #8,455 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #8,665 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #5,364 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 2006 | #9,148 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #9,706 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #10,459 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #8,706 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #9,777 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #9,108 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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