# Kilian (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kilian/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,717 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,690 / 27 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 266, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 5 | 14,962 |
| 2004 | 5 | 17,523 |
| 2010 | 5 | 18,516 |
| 2011 | 6 | 15,859 |
| 2019 | 6 | 14,742 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 40 | 2,932 |
| 2012 | 59 | 2,225 |
| 2013 | 41 | 2,825 |
| 2014 | 91 | 1,686 |
| 2015 | 132 | 1,337 |
| 2016 | 161 | 1,180 |
| 2017 | 162 | 1,161 |
| 2018 | 145 | 1,273 |
| 2019 | 132 | 1,359 |
| 2020 | 154 | 1,223 |
| 2021 | 168 | 1,176 |
| 2022 | 161 | 1,223 |
| 2023 | 212 | 1,032 |
| 2024 | 209 | 1,053 |
| 2025 | 177 | 1,167 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,270 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 12 | 1,902 |
| 2016 | 12 | 1,903 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 20 | 1,284 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,655 |
| 2020 | 19 | 1,314 |
| 2021 | 22 | 1,218 |
| 2022 | 13 | 1,781 |
| 2023 | 20 | 1,309 |
| 2024 | 19 | 1,402 |
| 2025 | 23 | 1,226 |

## People named Kilian

- Saint Kilian, German-Irish saint
- Kilián Ignaz Dientzenhofer, Czech architect
- Kilian Le Blouch, French judoka
- Kilian Albrecht, Austrian alpine skier
- Kilian Ludewig, German association football player
- Kilian Fischhuber, Austrian rock climber
- Kilian Patour, French bicycle racer
- Kilian Fischer, German footballer
- John Brunner, British author (1934–1995)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.