Kailan
Kailan is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 44 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 440.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 202244 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1990
- 1,081people given the name
The story in the numbers
569 boys have been named Kailan in the United States since 1990, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 44 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2014, and the 2010s alone account for 34%.
Kailan is used for both sexes: 47% of its bearers are girls (512), most of them born around 2009.
By decade
In 2022, its biggest year
Kailan was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2022 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2022.
Names that rose and fell with Kailan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Erospeak 2022
- Zairepeak 2023
- Jeriahpeak 2022
- Ramirpeak 2023
- Josiaspeak 2024
- Aymanpeak 2024
- Armanipeak 2021
- Jahazielpeak 2023
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.