# Kylan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kylan/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 11,821 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 10,734 / 1,087 (9% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,156, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Modern coinage; compare Kyle. Variant: Kylen.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 40 | 3,813 |
| 2012 | 44 | 3,617 |
| 2013 | 42 | 3,677 |
| 2014 | 36 | 4,150 |
| 2015 | 41 | 3,739 |
| 2016 | 42 | 3,681 |
| 2017 | 36 | 4,115 |
| 2018 | 32 | 4,408 |
| 2019 | 34 | 4,217 |
| 2020 | 22 | 5,580 |
| 2021 | 19 | 6,298 |
| 2022 | 34 | 4,255 |
| 2023 | 41 | 3,745 |
| 2024 | 36 | 4,081 |
| 2025 | 35 | 4,126 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 363 | 648 |
| 2012 | 372 | 644 |
| 2013 | 356 | 677 |
| 2014 | 390 | 659 |
| 2015 | 385 | 668 |
| 2016 | 438 | 616 |
| 2017 | 418 | 626 |
| 2018 | 507 | 550 |
| 2019 | 501 | 558 |
| 2020 | 543 | 525 |
| 2021 | 488 | 574 |
| 2022 | 576 | 515 |
| 2023 | 536 | 548 |
| 2024 | 558 | 535 |
| 2025 | 507 | 579 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 73 | 495 |
| 2012 | 72 | 515 |
| 2013 | 101 | 402 |
| 2014 | 73 | 520 |
| 2015 | 70 | 543 |
| 2016 | 57 | 621 |
| 2017 | 44 | 771 |
| 2018 | 52 | 665 |
| 2019 | 35 | 856 |
| 2020 | 57 | 619 |
| 2021 | 44 | 761 |
| 2022 | 40 | 799 |
| 2023 | 23 | 1,207 |
| 2024 | 36 | 880 |
| 2025 | 30 | 1,007 |

## 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.