Kylen
- #5,410 for girls in 2025, 23 births
- #878 for boys in 2025, 272 births
- Given to boys 88.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2023 · 268 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,804since 1981
Kylen over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #5,410 | 23 | #878 | 272 |
| 2024 | #6,167 | 19 | #922 | 251 |
| 2023 | #6,680 | 17 | #874 | 268 |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 | #897 | 260 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 | #924 | 245 |
| 2020 | #6,629 | 17 | #896 | 252 |
| 2019 | #7,716 | 14 | #917 | 239 |
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 | #992 | 209 |
| 2017 | #6,808 | 17 | #977 | 211 |
| 2016 | #4,632 | 30 | #1,037 | 191 |
| 2015 | #6,452 | 19 | #987 | 209 |
| 2014 | #6,713 | 18 | #986 | 211 |
| 2013 | #6,462 | 19 | #1,119 | 162 |
| 2012 | #5,557 | 24 | #1,004 | 198 |
| 2011 | #7,118 | 17 | #1,235 | 141 |
| 2010 | #5,108 | 27 | #1,168 | 157 |
| 2009 | #6,544 | 20 | #1,173 | 154 |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | #1,361 | 125 |
| 2007 | #5,709 | 24 | #1,457 | 110 |
| 2006 | #5,906 | 22 | #1,417 | 110 |
| 2005 | #7,138 | 16 | #1,497 | 96 |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 | #1,435 | 98 |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 | #1,466 | 89 |
| 2002 | #5,673 | 20 | #1,694 | 69 |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 | #1,800 | 62 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 | #1,875 | 56 |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | #1,903 | 51 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | #1,957 | 49 |
| 1997 | #6,163 | 15 | #2,502 | 32 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | #2,535 | 30 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | #2,762 | 26 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | #2,502 | 30 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #2,786 | 25 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | #4,005 | 14 |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | #3,971 | 14 |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | #2,682 | 21 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | — | #4,333 | 9 | |
| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,907 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1981
The first year at least five boys were named Kylen! It came in at #4,509, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1982, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Kylen 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
- Arkansas#398 · 1 in 1,573
- Louisiana#401 · 1 in 1,594
- South Carolina#414 · 1 in 1,767
- Mississippi#471 · 1 in 1,806
- Oklahoma#504 · 1 in 2,210
Best ever in a state: #192 in Mississippi, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #398 | 8 | 1 in 1,573 |
| Louisiana | #401 | 12 | 1 in 1,594 |
| South Carolina | #414 | 12 | 1 in 1,767 |
| Mississippi | #471 | 6 | 1 in 1,806 |
| Oklahoma | #504 | 8 | 1 in 2,210 |
| Alabama | #525 | 9 | 1 in 2,391 |
| Kentucky | #526 | 8 | 1 in 2,567 |
| Illinois | #568 | 16 | 1 in 3,097 |
| North Carolina | #591 | 16 | 1 in 3,217 |
| Georgia | #594 | 17 | 1 in 2,954 |
| Virginia | #670 | 10 | 1 in 3,725 |
| Maryland | #702 | 6 | 1 in 3,816 |
| Indiana | #711 | 8 | 1 in 3,958 |
| Tennessee | #719 | 9 | 1 in 4,085 |
| Wisconsin | #785 | 5 | 1 in 4,686 |
| Missouri | #789 | 6 | 1 in 4,635 |
| Ohio | #801 | 10 | 1 in 5,253 |
| Florida | #809 | 18 | 1 in 5,307 |
| Texas | #953 | 25 | 1 in 7,002 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,231 | 5 | 1 in 10,452 |
| California | #1,687 | 9 | 1 in 19,497 |
| New York | #1,760 | 5 | 1 in 16,885 |
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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 Kylen
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 18 spots since 2020 (#896 → #878)
- Biggest jump: 133 spots in 2014
- Biggest drop: 50 spots in 2016
Rise & fade · boys
42 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1981
- Peaked 2023 at #874 (268 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 2017–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,280
- Highest: 1 in 6,280 boys born in 2025 were named Kylen (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #874 in 2023, was only 1 in 6,383 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 40.1% of all boys named Kylen (1,928) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1990
- Mostly girls until 1989, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 72 | #2,682 (1988) | #4,980 |
| 1990s | 287 | #1,903 (1999) | #2,867 |
| 2000s | 969 | #1,173 (2009) | #1,518 |
| 2010s | 1,928 | #917 (2019) | #1,042 |
| 2020s | 1,548 | #874 (2023) | #899 |
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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