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Kylan

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Kylan is ranked 532nd among boys in 2024 (558 births). Its best rank was 515th, in 2022.

Rank in 2024
#532up 16 from 2023
Births in 2024
5580.03% of boys
Peak year
2022576 births
Best rank
#515in 2022
Since 1969
11,274people given the name
Babies named Kylan, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

10,224 boys have been named Kylan in the United States since 1969, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 576 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 40%. It has spent 26 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 1,050 girls have also been given it, 9.3% of the total.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Kylan
1960s5
1970s61
1980s200
1990s818
2000s2,356
2010s4,084
2020s2,700

In 2022, its biggest year

Kylan was the 515th most given boy’s name 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 Kylan

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.