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Kylen

#879 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

Kylen has been given to 5,424 babies in the U.S. since 1981. In 2025 it ranked #879 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 272 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 89% boys, 11% girls all-time.

Babies named Kylen, 2025

1 in 12,200

Kylen over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Kylen went to 8% girls and 92% boys.

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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.

Kylen: meaning, origin, and history

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

coinages

What Kylen means

Kylen is a modern given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Kylen is used in English. Its origins include coinages.

Kylen is a modern formation.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,804 boys were recorded with the name Kylen between 1981 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 272 in 2025; its best national rank was #877 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #897 in 2020 to #879 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #988 in 2015 to #879 in 2025.

In the United States, 620 girls were recorded with the name Kylen between 1986 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 30 in 2016; its best national rank was #4,685 in 2016.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,789 in 2020 to #5,489 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,599 in 2015 to #5,489 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 Kylen?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 12,200
272 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 6,280
0.02% of boys
Rank, 2025
#879
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
8,449 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kylen 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 5004%

Put another way: gather 8,449 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kylen. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kylens were born

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

Median birth year
2015
About 10 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
40.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
91.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,804
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 40.1% of all recorded uses (1,928).

Is Kylen 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
+46
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+18
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+109
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.30×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (272)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
11.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#877
2023

Spellings of Kylen

Kylen is not the most common spelling — Tyler is, with 20.8% against Kylen's 0.17%.

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 Kylen is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Kylen was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 1,563 boys, against 1 in 6,555 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in 100,000).

164 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in 1,563
  2. 2Mississippi1 in 1,563
  3. 3Louisiana1 in 1,786
  4. 4South Carolina1 in 2,326
  5. 5Oklahoma1 in 2,778
  6. 6Arkansas1 in 2,857
  7. 7Georgia1 in 3,125
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 3,704

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.

Where Kylen is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Kylen was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,829,369 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 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. Kylen has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kylen around the world

Where Kylen 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
    2006–2025
    #2,133
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2022–2022
    #522
    in 2022
  • Canada
    2002–2024
    #1,459
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1996–2010
    #754
    in 2010

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

Kylen by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#879
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 18
Best rank ever
#877
2023
Peak year
2025
272 that year
First recorded
1981
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,804
Count in 2025
272

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,489
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,300
Best rank ever
#4,685
2016
Peak year
2016
30 that year
First recorded
1986
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
620
Count in 2025
23

Names similar to Kylen

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

KylanKylinKylarKyloKylianKylonKalenNolenRylenArlenCalenKylerTalenDalenDaylenTylenKylorHarlenKylandOlenGalenValenKallenHalen

Names with a curve like Kylen

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

JesiahBodeJeremiasBodenZyonYahyaZahirThatcherLaithDilanKooperYaseen

Sibling names for Kylen

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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