Kylan Boy
How popular is Kylan?
#578 boy name in 2025
507 baby boys were named Kylan in the US in 2025, making it the 578th most popular boy name. Another 35 girls got the name (#4,066 for girls).
Kylan popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #578 for boys (▼ 44 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 507 boys, 35 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+32% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #668 in 2015, #525 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (576 boys) |
| Highest rank | #515 in 2022 |
| First recorded | 1969 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 94% boys, 6% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kylan counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kylan family of names ranked #358 for boys in 2025 (#339 the year before), with 926 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kylan is most popular
Babies named Kylan per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 2.0 per 1,000 (114 boys)
- Arkansas: 1.3 per 1,000 (84 boys)
- Alabama: 1.3 per 1,000 (137 boys)
- Louisiana: 1.0 per 1,000 (107 boys)
- South Carolina: 1.0 per 1,000 (103 boys)
Kylan by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1970s | 61 | #2,944 |
| 1980s | 200 | #1,904 |
| 1990s | 818 | #991 |
| 2000s | 2,357 | #714 |
| 2010s | 4,085 | #550 |
| 2020s | 3,208 | #515 |
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Questions
- Is Kylan a boy or girl name?
- Kylan is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 94% of babies named Kylan were boys.
- How popular is the name Kylan?
- 507 baby boys were named Kylan in the US in 2025, making it the 578th most popular boy name. Another 35 girls got the name (#4,066 for girls).
- When was Kylan most popular?
- Kylan peaked in 2022, when 576 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #515 in 2022.
- How many people are named Kylan?
- 11,821 babies have been named Kylan in the US since 1880. We estimate about 11,702 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Kylan most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kylan was most common in Mississippi, at 2.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.