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Kylan

#579 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

Kylan has been given to 11,821 babies in the U.S. since 1969. In 2025 it ranked #579 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 576 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 91% boys, 9% girls all-time.

Babies named Kylan, 2025

1 in 6,540

Kylan over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Kylan over time

In 2025, Kylan went to 6% girls and 94% boys.

19692025

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.

Kylan: meaning, origin, and history

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

coinages

What Kylan means

Kylan is a modern given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Kylan is used in English. Its origins include coinages.

Kylan is a modern formation.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 10,734 boys were recorded with the name Kylan between 1969 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 576 in 2022; its best national rank was #515 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #525 in 2020 to #579 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #668 in 2015 to #579 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,087 girls were recorded with the name Kylan between 1978 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 47 in 2009; its best national rank was #3,489 in 2009.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,576 in 2020 to #4,125 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,738 in 2015 to #4,125 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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Kylan?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 6,540
507 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 3,370
0.03% of boys
Rank, 2025
#579
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
4,533 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kylan 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 1002%
School of 5007%

Put another way: gather 4,533 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kylan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kylans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kylan was born before 2015 — so the typical Kylan is around 10 today.

Median birth year
2015
About 10 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
38.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
88.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
10,734
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 38.1% of all recorded uses (4,085).

Is Kylan 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
−44
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−54
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+89
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.32×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
88.0%
Peak was 2022 (576)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
8.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#515
2022

Spellings of Kylan

Kylan is not the most common spelling — Ryan is, with 33.3% against Kylan's 0.37%.

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 Kylan is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Kylan was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 483 boys, against 1 in 3,122 across all states with data. It was least common in Massachusetts (1 in 50,000).

2207 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 483
  2. 2Alabama1 in 813
  3. 3Arkansas1 in 833
  4. 4Louisiana1 in 1,020
  5. 5South Carolina1 in 1,053
  6. 6Tennessee1 in 1,149
  7. 7Georgia1 in 1,316
  8. 8Oklahoma1 in 1,587

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.

Geographically, Kylan is one of the more regionally concentrated names in the country — more concentrated than 98% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Kylan is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Kylan was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 402,597 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 100,000
  2. 2Alabama1 in —
  3. 3Florida1 in —
  4. 4Georgia1 in —
  5. 5North Carolina1 in —
  6. 6Ohio1 in —
  7. 7Pennsylvania1 in —
  8. 8Tennessee1 in —

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. Kylan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kylan around the world

Where Kylan 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
    1996–2025
    #1,007
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2012–2025
    #762
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    2011–2015
    #342
    in 2015
  • Ireland
    2007–2025
    #676
    in 2025
  • France
    1994–2025
    #3,544
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1995–2024
    #1,144
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1979–2013
    #389
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Kylan by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#579
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 54
Best rank ever
#515
2022
Peak year
2022
576 that year
First recorded
1969
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
10,734
Count in 2025
507

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,125
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,451
Best rank ever
#3,489
2009
Peak year
2009
47 that year
First recorded
1978
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,087
Count in 2025
35

Names similar to Kylan

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

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Names with a curve like Kylan

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

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Sibling names for Kylan

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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