Kaplan

#7,422 in 2025Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Kaplan has been given to 79 babies in the U.S. since 2002. In 2025 it ranked #7,422 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Kaplan, 2025

1 in 301,000

Kaplan over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kaplan: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kaplan means

Kaplan is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Kaplan is used in Turkish.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Turkish, Kaplan is pronounced /kapˈɫan/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 79 boys were recorded with the name Kaplan between 2002 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2025; its best national rank was #7,422 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,073 in 2020 to #7,422 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Kaplan?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 301,000; 11 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 155,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #7,422; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 208,901 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kaplan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kaplan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kaplans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kaplan was born before 2019 — so the typical Kaplan is around 6 today.

Median birth year: 2019; About 6 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 50.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 79; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 50.6% of all recorded uses (40).

Is Kaplan rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: +5,651; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (11)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 25.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,422; 2025

Spellings of Kaplan

Kaplan is not the most common spelling — Alan is, with 60.5% against Kaplan's 0.01%.

Alan60.5%363,313
Allan16.1%96,458
Harlan4.4%26,481
Callan1.9%11,164
Kellan1.8%10,752
Kylan1.8%10,734
Raylan1.1%6,856
Jaylan0.78%4,715

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Kaplan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #7,422
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 5,651
Best rank ever: #7,422; 2025
Peak year: 2025; 11 that year
First recorded: 2002
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 79
Count in 2025: 11

Names similar to Kaplan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Kapono Kapena Ashlan Faelan Whelan Kahlan Khilan Zealan Kapri Kapone Reylan Baylan Karlan Dhylan Neylan Norlan Aztlan Nohlan Knolan Leilan Deylan Neilan Hylan Jeylan

Sibling names for Kaplan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Leonor Rhianna Adelle Anabel Hayleigh Jaiden

For a brother

Aaden Evans Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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