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Kaylan

#8,098 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Variant of Caelan

Kaylan has been given to 5,203 babies in the U.S. since 1970. In 2025 it ranked #8,098 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1997, with 231 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 85% girls, 15% boys all-time.

Babies named Kaylan, 2025

1 in 255,000

Kaylan over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Kaylan over time

In 2025, Kaylan went to 42% girls and 58% boys.

19702025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Kaylan: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Caelan

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kaylan means

Kaylan is a variant of Caelan.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Caelan.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,402 girls were recorded with the name Kaylan between 1970 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 231 in 1997; its best national rank was #878 in 1997.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,749 in 2020 to #8,098 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,454 in 2015 to #8,098 in 2025.

In the United States, 801 boys were recorded with the name Kaylan between 1982 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 36 in 1995; its best national rank was #2,231 in 1995.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #9,144 in 2020 to #5,309 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,969 in 2015 to #5,309 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.

How common is Kaylan?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 255,000
13 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 124,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#8,098
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
176,762 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kaylan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 176,762 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kaylan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kaylans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kaylan was born before 1999 — so the typical Kaylan is around 26 today.

Median birth year
1999
About 26 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
38.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
41.4%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
4,402
People you could plausibly meet
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1990s — 38.1% of all recorded uses (1,678).

Is Kaylan 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
−1,575
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,349
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−4,644
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.28×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
5.6%
Peak was 1997 (231)
Years since peak
28
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
22.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#878
1997

Spellings of Kaylan

Kaylan is not the most common spelling — Kayla is, with 25.8% against Kaylan's 0.33%.

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.

Where Kaylan is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Kaylan was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 20,000 girls, against 1 in 52,652 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

05 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 20,000
  2. 2Louisiana1 in 20,000
  3. 3North Carolina1 in 20,000
  4. 4Tennessee1 in 20,000
  5. 5Alabama1 in 25,000
  6. 6Mississippi1 in 25,000
  7. 7Texas1 in 25,000
  8. 8Florida1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kaylan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Kaylan is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Kaylan was most concentrated in Illinois — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,282,231 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Illinois1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kaylan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kaylan around the world

Where Kaylan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2002–2011
    #3,549
    in 2011
  • Canada
    1992–2019
    #3,370
    in 2019
  • South Australia
    1983–2008
    #796
    in 2008

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Kaylan

People whose public names include Kaylan, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Kaylan by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#8,098
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,349
Best rank ever
#878
1997
Peak year
1997
231 that year
First recorded
1970
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,402
Count in 2025
13

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,309
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 3,835
Best rank ever
#2,231
1995
Peak year
1995
36 that year
First recorded
1982
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
801
Count in 2025
18

Names similar to Kaylan

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

KayleaKaylahKaylenKaycieKaydeeKaydenKayleyKayceeKayleiKayleKayleneKaylynKayceKayshaKaytlynKayliKaysieKayleenKayanaKaylinKaylieKayliaKaylorKayci

Names with a curve like Kaylan

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Kaylan, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

ViridianaAlyssiaKeyannaKeannaKalieYessicaKaleeKeyanaKearaKeyonnaJasmyneHalley

Sibling names for Kaylan

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

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