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
- Peak · girls
- 1997 · 231 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,402since 1970
Kaylan over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,885 | 13 | #5,208 | 18 |
| 2024 | #6,394 | 18 | #4,433 | 23 |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 | #4,886 | 20 |
| 2022 | #6,229 | 19 | #5,215 | 18 |
| 2021 | #7,250 | 15 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2020 | #5,667 | 21 | #8,739 | 8 |
| 2019 | #5,041 | 26 | #5,340 | 17 |
| 2018 | #6,248 | 19 | #5,540 | 16 |
| 2017 | #4,811 | 28 | #5,297 | 17 |
| 2016 | #3,996 | 37 | #4,624 | 21 |
| 2015 | #3,429 | 46 | #4,890 | 19 |
| 2014 | #4,003 | 37 | #5,252 | 17 |
| 2013 | #2,726 | 63 | #5,659 | 15 |
| 2012 | #2,205 | 85 | #5,482 | 16 |
| 2011 | #2,058 | 94 | #6,256 | 13 |
| 2010 | #1,794 | 114 | #3,894 | 26 |
| 2009 | #1,810 | 119 | #3,551 | 30 |
| 2008 | #1,927 | 109 | #5,249 | 17 |
| 2007 | #1,859 | 113 | #4,808 | 19 |
| 2006 | #1,522 | 144 | #5,525 | 15 |
| 2005 | #1,553 | 131 | #5,278 | 15 |
| 2004 | #1,855 | 102 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | #1,416 | 140 | #3,280 | 28 |
| 2002 | #1,318 | 148 | #3,349 | 26 |
| 2001 | #1,213 | 167 | #4,302 | 18 |
| 2000 | #985 | 215 | #3,299 | 25 |
| 1999 | #1,053 | 193 | #3,986 | 18 |
| 1998 | #968 | 211 | #3,486 | 21 |
| 1997 | #878 | 231 | #2,981 | 25 |
| 1996 | #1,087 | 170 | #2,679 | 28 |
| 1995 | #1,080 | 165 | #2,210 | 36 |
| 1994 | #1,034 | 178 | #2,444 | 31 |
| 1993 | #1,138 | 156 | #2,786 | 25 |
| 1992 | #1,174 | 149 | #2,834 | 24 |
| 1991 | #1,564 | 98 | #3,813 | 15 |
| 1990 | #1,279 | 127 | #3,971 | 14 |
| 1989 | #1,339 | 115 | #3,094 | 19 |
| 1988 | #1,368 | 104 | #3,079 | 17 |
| 1987 | #1,838 | 63 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | #1,785 | 64 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #1,505 | 81 | #3,805 | 11 |
| 1984 | #1,432 | 81 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #1,283 | 95 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #3,418 | 24 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #2,774 | 32 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,148 | 18 | — | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | — | |
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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 2003
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Louisiana#395 · 1 in 1,888
- North Carolina#540 · 1 in 3,107
- Tennessee#687 · 1 in 4,343
- Alabama#694 · 1 in 3,928
- Georgia#751 · 1 in 4,522
Best ever in a state: #249 in Tennessee, 1997.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Louisiana | #395 | 11 | 1 in 1,888 |
| North Carolina | #540 | 14 | 1 in 3,107 |
| Tennessee | #687 | 7 | 1 in 4,343 |
| Alabama | #694 | 5 | 1 in 3,928 |
| Georgia | #751 | 11 | 1 in 4,522 |
| Indiana | #819 | 6 | 1 in 5,401 |
| Texas | #1,203 | 18 | 1 in 8,782 |
| California | #3,359 | 5 | 1 in 45,332 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 1997 at #878 (231 births)
- Births halved by 2004, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1997–1998
- 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%)
- 38.1% of all girls named Kaylan (1,678) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2022, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11 | #7,995 (1970) | #8,503 |
| 1980s | 677 | #1,283 (1983) | #2,089 |
| 1990s | 1,678 | #878 (1997) | #1,126 |
| 2000s | 1,388 | #985 (2000) | #1,546 |
| 2010s | 549 | #1,794 (2010) | #3,631 |
| 2020s | 99 | #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 2003
Top girls' names in 2003
Top boys' names in 2003
More about 2003
girls
1,827,145 girls got a published name in 2003; 1 in 13,051 of them was named Kaylan, which outranked 92.3% of the 18,439 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,411Jaylah141
- #1,411Mason141
- #1,411Vicky141
- #1,416Kaylan140
- #1,416Charlee140
- #1,416Cinthia140
- #1,416Diya140
- #1,422Amaria139
- #1,422Amiah139
- #1,422Arleth139
Tied with 5 names at #1,416; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,975,349 boys got a published name in 2003; 1 in 70,548 of them was named Kaylan, which outranked 74.3% of the 12,761 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,186Yobani29
- #3,186Yohan29
- #3,186Zebulon29
- #3,280Kaylan28
- #3,280Abiel28
- #3,280Adon28
- #3,280Amadeus28
- #3,366Ahman27
- #3,366Arlen27
- #3,366Aydon27
Tied with 85 names at #3,280; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.