Kylan
- #4,067 for girls in 2025, 35 births
- #578 for boys in 2025, 507 births
- Given to boys 90.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2022 · 576 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,734since 1969
Kylan over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #4,067 | 35 | #578 | 507 |
| 2024 | #4,039 | 36 | #534 | 558 |
| 2023 | #3,709 | 41 | #548 | 536 |
| 2022 | #4,202 | 34 | #515 | 576 |
| 2021 | #6,174 | 19 | #573 | 488 |
| 2020 | #5,487 | 22 | #525 | 543 |
| 2019 | #4,162 | 34 | #558 | 501 |
| 2018 | #4,357 | 32 | #550 | 507 |
| 2017 | #4,066 | 36 | #624 | 418 |
| 2016 | #3,656 | 42 | #616 | 438 |
| 2015 | #3,705 | 41 | #668 | 385 |
| 2014 | #4,103 | 36 | #659 | 390 |
| 2013 | #3,645 | 42 | #676 | 356 |
| 2012 | #3,583 | 44 | #644 | 372 |
| 2011 | #3,781 | 40 | #647 | 363 |
| 2010 | #3,889 | 39 | #673 | 355 |
| 2009 | #3,460 | 47 | #714 | 333 |
| 2008 | #4,179 | 37 | #763 | 291 |
| 2007 | #3,848 | 41 | #775 | 281 |
| 2006 | #3,669 | 42 | #745 | 284 |
| 2005 | #3,646 | 40 | #811 | 233 |
| 2004 | #4,387 | 31 | #790 | 228 |
| 2003 | #5,235 | 23 | #881 | 193 |
| 2002 | #4,179 | 30 | #875 | 187 |
| 2001 | #3,864 | 33 | #882 | 178 |
| 2000 | #4,791 | 24 | #993 | 149 |
| 1999 | #4,870 | 22 | #993 | 142 |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 | #999 | 137 |
| 1997 | #5,228 | 19 | #1,116 | 113 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | #1,188 | 96 |
| 1995 | #5,019 | 19 | #1,232 | 89 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | #1,353 | 74 |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 | #1,850 | 45 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #1,820 | 45 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #2,052 | 36 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #1,870 | 41 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #2,068 | 34 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | #1,909 | 34 |
| 1987 | — | #2,559 | 21 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,779 | 18 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,710 | 18 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,437 | 20 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,787 | 16 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,282 | 13 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,779 | 16 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,838 | 10 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,810 | 10 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #3,400 | 11 |
| 1977 | — | #3,203 | 12 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,264 | 11 | |
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| 1974 | — | #2,946 | 12 | |
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| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
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| 1969 | — | #4,404 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1969
The first year at least five boys were named Kylan! It came in at #4,404, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1969–1973, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kylan is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Delaware#203 · 1 in 589
- Arkansas#232 · 1 in 839
- Mississippi#239 · 1 in 834
- South Carolina#243 · 1 in 922
- Louisiana#266 · 1 in 1,007
Best ever in a state: #100 in Mississippi, 2019.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | #203 | 5 | 1 in 589 |
| Arkansas | #232 | 15 | 1 in 839 |
| Mississippi | #239 | 13 | 1 in 834 |
| South Carolina | #243 | 23 | 1 in 922 |
| Louisiana | #266 | 19 | 1 in 1,007 |
| Kentucky | #281 | 19 | 1 in 1,081 |
| Georgia | #302 | 41 | 1 in 1,225 |
| Indiana | #308 | 25 | 1 in 1,267 |
| Alabama | #315 | 17 | 1 in 1,266 |
| Tennessee | #325 | 27 | 1 in 1,362 |
| Missouri | #392 | 16 | 1 in 1,738 |
| Ohio | #395 | 27 | 1 in 1,946 |
| Kansas | #428 | 8 | 1 in 1,756 |
| North Carolina | #431 | 25 | 1 in 2,059 |
| Illinois | #513 | 19 | 1 in 2,608 |
| Florida | #531 | 33 | 1 in 2,895 |
| Oklahoma | #552 | 7 | 1 in 2,526 |
| Virginia | #627 | 11 | 1 in 3,387 |
| Texas | #632 | 48 | 1 in 3,647 |
| Wisconsin | #678 | 6 | 1 in 3,905 |
| Michigan | #679 | 11 | 1 in 3,654 |
| Colorado | #680 | 7 | 1 in 3,836 |
| Minnesota | #718 | 6 | 1 in 4,083 |
| Pennsylvania | #846 | 9 | 1 in 5,807 |
| California | #906 | 25 | 1 in 7,019 |
| Arizona | #927 | 5 | 1 in 6,545 |
| New York | #1,297 | 8 | 1 in 10,553 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Kylan
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 53 spots since 2020 (#525 → #578)
- 90 spots since 2015 (#668 → #578)
- Biggest jump: 117 spots in 1998
- Biggest drop: 48 spots in 2021
Rise & fade · boys
53 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1969
- Peaked 2022 at #515 (576 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 28 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1998–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,031
- Highest: 1 in 3,031 boys born in 2022 were named Kylan (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,369 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 38.1% of all boys named Kylan (4,085) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #4,404 (1969) | #4,404 |
| 1970s | 61 | #2,946 (1974) | #3,602 |
| 1980s | 200 | #1,909 (1988) | #2,715 |
| 1990s | 818 | #993 (1999) | #1,447 |
| 2000s | 2,357 | #714 (2009) | #823 |
| 2010s | 4,085 | #550 (2018) | #632 |
| 2020s | 3,208 | #515 (2022) | #546 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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