Kayan
Kayan was the 6441st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 18 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 3392nd with 47 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 11,365 places. More babies were named Kayan in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #6,441 girls, down 241 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 18girls
- Girls and boys
- 51% girls, 49% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202247 babies
- Total since 1880
- 660babies recorded
Kayan popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #6,441 | #3,480 | 18 | 33 |
| 2020 | #6,200 | #4,085 | 19 | 25 |
| 2010 | — | #4,766 | — | 20 |
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How popular is Kayan, counting every spelling?
Kayan is the most common spelling of a name family that had 18 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 18 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kayan | 18 | #6,441 | 166 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Kayan?
18 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kayan (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Kayan born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 465 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kayan.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kayan?
About 200 people born in the US named Kayan are alive today, with a median age of 4; half are between 3 and 6. That makes Kayan a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Kayan by state
How common Kayan was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Michigan (6.7×), New York (6.2×). In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kayan: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kayan, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kayan
How popular is the name Kayan?
Kayan was the 6441st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 18 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 3392nd with 47 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 11,365 places. More babies were named Kayan in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Kayan a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 51% girls, 49% boys given the name Kayan in the US.
Where is Kayan most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kayan was most common in Michigan (0.14 per 1,000 girls), followed by New York and California.