Kaylan

#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births · #5,208 for boys in 2025, 18 births
Given to girls 84.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1997 · 231 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,402
since 1970

Kaylan over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201999peak #878, 1997peak #2,210, 1995girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#7,88513#5,20818
2024#6,39418#4,43323
2023#8,05513#4,88620
2022#6,22919#5,21518
2021#7,25015#6,69812
2020#5,66721#8,7398
2019#5,04126#5,34017
2018#6,24819#5,54016
2017#4,81128#5,29717
2016#3,99637#4,62421
2015#3,42946#4,89019
2014#4,00337#5,25217
2013#2,72663#5,65915
2012#2,20585#5,48216
2011#2,05894#6,25613
2010#1,794114#3,89426
2009#1,810119#3,55130
2008#1,927109#5,24917
2007#1,859113#4,80819
2006#1,522144#5,52515
2005#1,553131#5,27815
2004#1,855102#6,52011
2003#1,416140#3,28028
2002#1,318148#3,34926
2001#1,213167#4,30218
2000#985215#3,29925
1999#1,053193#3,98618
1998#968211#3,48621
1997#878231#2,98125
1996#1,087170#2,67928
1995#1,080165#2,21036
1994#1,034178#2,44431
1993#1,138156#2,78625
1992#1,174149#2,83424
1991#1,56498#3,81315
1990#1,279127#3,97114
1989#1,339115#3,09419
1988#1,368104#3,07917
1987#1,83863#3,95911
1986#1,78564#4,4579
1985#1,50581#3,80511
1984#1,43281#6,3155
1983#1,28395#4,9077
1982#3,41824#6,3855
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First appearance
1970

The first year at least five girls were named Kaylan! It came in at #7,995, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1970–1978, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Kaylan is popular in 1999

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedWIMichigan: #935 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,328 girlsMINew York: #2,004 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 19,964 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedINOhio: #1,214 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 12,308 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #1,006 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,307 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,505 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 14,604 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedNEMissouri: #602 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,180 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedWVVirginia: #896 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,871 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedARTennessee: #373 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,187 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #578 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,863 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #498 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,828 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #531 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,780 girlsOKLouisiana: #363 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,836 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedMSAlabama: #590 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,516 girlsALGeorgia: #458 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,690 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kaylan, so not publishedHITexas: #1,094 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 8,660 girlsTXFlorida: #980 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,472 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Louisiana#363 · 1 in 1,836
  2. Tennessee#373 · 1 in 2,187
  3. Georgia#458 · 1 in 2,690
  4. South Carolina#498 · 1 in 2,828
  5. Oklahoma#531 · 1 in 2,780

Best ever in a state: #249 in Tennessee, 1997.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#363121 in 1,836
Tennessee#373141 in 2,187
Georgia#458171 in 2,690
South Carolina#49861 in 2,828
Oklahoma#53161 in 2,780
North Carolina#578111 in 3,863
Alabama#59061 in 3,516
Missouri#60271 in 4,180
Virginia#89651 in 6,871
Michigan#93571 in 7,328
Florida#980101 in 7,472
New Jersey#1,00651 in 8,307
Texas#1,094171 in 8,660
Ohio#1,21451 in 12,308
California#1,505151 in 14,604
New York#2,00451 in 19,964
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Kaylan
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,491 spots since 2024 (#6,394 → #7,885)
  • 2,218 spots since 2020 (#5,667 → #7,885)
  • 4,456 spots since 2015 (#3,429 → #7,885)
  • Biggest jump: 209 spots in 1997 (#1,087 → #878)
  • Biggest drop: 228 spots in 2001 (#985 → #1,213)
Rise & fade · girls
27 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1970
  • Peaked 1997 at #878 (231 births)
  • Births halved by 2004, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1997–1998
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,536
  • Highest: 1 in 7,536 girls born in 1997 were named Kaylan (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 38.1% of all girls named Kaylan (1,678) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2023
  • Mostly girls until 2022, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s11#7,995 (1970)#8,503
1980s677#1,283 (1983)#2,089
1990s1,678#878 (1997)#1,126
2000s1,388#985 (2000)#1,546
2010s549#1,794 (2010)#3,631
2020s99#5,667 (2020)#6,913

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Kaylan in 1999

girls
#1,053
193 births · 1 in 9,191 girls
boys
#3,986
18 births · 1 in 106,675 boys

Top girls' names in 1999

  1. #1Emily26,542
  2. #2Hannah21,679
  3. #3Alexis19,237
  4. #4Sarah19,119
  5. #5Samantha19,044
  6. #6Ashley18,136
  7. #7Madison18,054
  8. #8Taylor16,906
  9. #9Jessica16,350
  10. #10Elizabeth15,350
  11. #1,053Kaylan193

Top boys' names in 1999

  1. #1Jacob35,371
  2. #2Michael33,915
  3. #3Matthew30,418
  4. #4Joshua27,265
  5. #5Nicholas25,639
  6. #6Christopher25,604
  7. #7Andrew23,866
  8. #8Joseph23,220
  9. #9Daniel22,704
  10. #10Tyler22,669
  11. #3,986Kaylan18
More about 1999

girls

1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 9,191 of them was named Kaylan, which outranked 93.8% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kaylan
  1. #1,047Miah194
  2. #1,047Tayla194
  3. #1,047Tristan194
  4. #1,053Kaylan193
  5. #1,054Kaya192
  6. #1,054Keila192
  7. #1,054Lucero192
Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,407Citlalli#2,338 → #931
  2. ↑ 1,329Noelia#2,048 → #719
  3. ↑ 1,060Amaya#1,458 → #398
  4. ↑ 864Kyara#1,789 → #925
  5. ↑ 604Journey#1,557 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 579Erykah#779 → #1,358
  2. ↓ 417Tea#747 → #1,164
  3. ↓ 415Tasia#800 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 406Monika#930 → #1,336
  5. ↓ 357Chase#952 → #1,309

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 106,675 of them was named Kaylan, which outranked 65.7% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kaylan
  1. #3,834Yoseph19
  2. #3,834Zackry19
  3. #3,834Zavien19
  4. #3,986Kaylan18
  5. #3,986Aaric18
  6. #3,986Aaryn18
  7. #3,986Abdulla18
  8. #4,162Abigail17
  9. #4,162Amaru17
  10. #4,162Anshul17

Tied with 175 names at #3,986; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,239Trajan#2,235 → #996
  2. ↑ 669Tyreese#1,558 → #889
  3. ↑ 595Latrell#1,231 → #636
  4. ↑ 420Zion#694 → #274
  5. ↑ 414Xander#1,338 → #924
Fallers
  1. ↓ 381Jaret#555 → #936
  2. ↓ 362Kordell#841 → #1,203
  3. ↓ 313Juwan#524 → #837
  4. ↓ 296Jarett#743 → #1,039
  5. ↓ 288Christion#989 → #1,277

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1999 →