Kylan
Kylan was the 579th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 507 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 515th with 576 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 89 places. More babies were named Kylan in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning Origin not documented
Say it KYE-lun /ˈkaɪlən/
- Rank in 2025
- #579 boys, down 54 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 507boys
- Girls and boys
- 6% girls, 94% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2022576 babies
- Total since 1880
- 11,821babies recorded
What does the name Kylan mean?
Kylan is a modern American coinage. Wiktionary describes it as a recent invention and compares it with Kyle, and it fits a pattern of boys' names that add -an or -en to a familiar sound (Kylen is a listed variant). Kyle itself began as a Scottish place name and surname from Gaelic caol, narrows. Because Kylan has no recorded history of its own, we do not assign it a meaning.
How sure is this? Not documented. Modern coinage; any meaning comes only through Kyle ('narrows').
Related names: Kylen, Kyle, Kellan.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Kylan' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Kyle' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
Kylan popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,126 | #579 | 35 | 507 |
| 2020 | #5,580 | #525 | 22 | 543 |
| 2010 | #3,922 | #674 | 39 | 355 |
| 2000 | #4,899 | #995 | 24 | 149 |
| 1990 | #9,734 | #1,895 | 8 | 41 |
| 1980 | — | #4,003 | — | 10 |
| 1970 | — | — | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
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| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Kylan, counting every spelling?
Kylan is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #363 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #579 for Kylan on its own. Together these spellings went to 926 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kylan | 507 | #579 | 2,665 |
| Kylen | 272 | #879 | 1,296 |
| Kylin | 94 | #1,739 | 616 |
| Kylon | 48 | #2,699 | 224 |
| Kilan | — | — | 41 |
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 Kylan?
507 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kylan (0.14 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kylan 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 17 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kylan.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kylan?
About 10,600 people born in the US named Kylan are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 6 and 19. That makes Kylan 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.
Kylan by state
How common Kylan was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (6.5×), Arkansas (4.3×), Alabama (4.1×), Louisiana (3.4×), South Carolina (3.2×). In 17 states fewer than five boys 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 Kylan: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kylan, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Kylan · Sibling names for Kylan
Questions about the name Kylan
How popular is the name Kylan?
Kylan was the 579th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 507 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 515th with 576 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 89 places. More babies were named Kylan in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Kylan a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 6% girls, 94% boys given the name Kylan in the US.
Where is Kylan most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kylan was most common in Mississippi (2.01 per 1,000 boys), followed by Arkansas and Alabama.