Kylin Boy & girl
How popular is Kylin?
#1,728 boy name in 2025
94 baby boys were named Kylin in the US in 2025, making it the 1728th most popular boy name. Another 32 girls got the name (#4,351 for girls).
Kylin popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,728 for boys (▼ 218 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 94 boys, 32 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+21% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,870 in 2015, #1,556 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (149 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,284 in 2022 |
| First recorded | 1987 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 71% boys, 29% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kylin 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 Kylin is most popular
Babies named Kylin per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 0.7 per 1,000 (39 boys)
- Louisiana: 0.4 per 1,000 (37 boys)
- South Carolina: 0.3 per 1,000 (32 boys)
- Alabama: 0.3 per 1,000 (33 boys)
- North Carolina: 0.2 per 1,000 (48 boys)
Kylin by decade
Boy names about as popular as Kylin
Questions
- Is Kylin a boy or girl name?
- Kylin is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 71% of babies named Kylin were boys and 29% were girls.
- How popular is the name Kylin?
- 94 baby boys were named Kylin in the US in 2025, making it the 1728th most popular boy name. Another 32 girls got the name (#4,351 for girls).
- When was Kylin most popular?
- Kylin peaked in 2022, when 149 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,284 in 2022.
- How many people are named Kylin?
- 3,449 babies have been named Kylin in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,421 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Kylin most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kylin was most common in Mississippi, at 0.7 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.