# Kylen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kylen/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,424 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,804 / 620 (11% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 165, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Modern coinage, compare Kyle. Variant: Kylan.

## 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 | 17 | 7,288 |
| 2012 | 24 | 5,644 |
| 2013 | 19 | 6,605 |
| 2014 | 18 | 6,872 |
| 2015 | 19 | 6,601 |
| 2016 | 30 | 4,686 |
| 2017 | 17 | 6,966 |
| 2018 | 12 | 8,921 |
| 2019 | 14 | 7,962 |
| 2020 | 17 | 6,793 |
| 2021 | 12 | 8,747 |
| 2022 | 12 | 8,812 |
| 2023 | 17 | 6,813 |
| 2024 | 19 | 6,292 |
| 2025 | 23 | 5,490 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 141 | 1,239 |
| 2012 | 198 | 1,005 |
| 2013 | 162 | 1,123 |
| 2014 | 211 | 988 |
| 2015 | 209 | 988 |
| 2016 | 191 | 1,039 |
| 2017 | 211 | 978 |
| 2018 | 209 | 993 |
| 2019 | 239 | 918 |
| 2020 | 252 | 897 |
| 2021 | 245 | 926 |
| 2022 | 260 | 899 |
| 2023 | 268 | 877 |
| 2024 | 251 | 925 |
| 2025 | 272 | 879 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 13 | 1,706 |
| 2014 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,020 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1,860 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,018 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,160 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1,951 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,133 |

## 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.