Kylin
#1,739 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Kylin has been given to 3,449 babies in the U.S. since 1987. In 2025 it ranked #1,739 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 149 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 61% boys, 39% girls all-time.
Babies named Kylin, 2025
1 in 35,300
Kylin over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Kylin over time
In 2025, Kylin went to 25% girls and 75% boys.
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.
How common is Kylin?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 35,300
- 94 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 18,200
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #1,739
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 24,447 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Kylin sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 24,447 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kylin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Kylins were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Kylin was born before 2016 — so the typical Kylin is around 9 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 37.6% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 91.6%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 2,093
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 37.6% of all recorded uses (786).
Is Kylin 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
- −224
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −180
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +143
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.21×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 63.1%
- Peak was 2022 (149)
- Years since peak
- 3
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 17.4% average annual change
Spellings of Kylin
Kylin is not the most common spelling — Kevin is, with 46.3% against Kylin's 0.08%.
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 Kylin is used — boys
Across 2016–2025, Kylin was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 1,724 boys, against 1 in 15,366 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Mississippi1 in 1,724
- 2Louisiana1 in 4,000
- 3Alabama1 in 4,545
- 4South Carolina1 in 5,556
- 5North Carolina1 in 7,692
- 6Arkansas1 in 8,333
- 7Georgia1 in 9,091
- 8Ohio1 in 9,091
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 Kylin is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Kylin was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 286,702 across all states with data. It was least common in Oklahoma (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Florida1 in 100,000
- 2Texas1 in 100,000
- 3California1 in —
- 4Georgia1 in —
- 5Louisiana1 in —
- 6Michigan1 in —
- 7Missouri1 in —
- 8North Carolina1 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. Kylin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Kylin around the world
Where Kylin 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.
- Canada2024–2024#3,231in 2024
Popularity data from Statistics Canada. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Kylin by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Kylin
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Names with a curve like Kylin
Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Kylin, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.
Sibling names for Kylin
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.