Names/K

Kaylan

girls’ name · 85%boys’ name · 15%FallingCompare

Kaylan is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 18 births. Its best rank was 879th, in 1997.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
180.00% of girls
Peak year
1997231 births
Best rank
#879in 1997
Since 1970
5,172people given the name
Babies named Kaylan, by year of birthgirlsboys
06312518825018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

4,389 girls have been named Kaylan in the United States since 1970, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1997, with 231 births.

It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1999, and the 1990s alone account for 38%. It has spent 3 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Kaylan is used for both sexes: 15% of its bearers are boys (783), most of them born around 1995.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadegirls named Kaylan
1970s11
1980s677
1990s1,678
2000s1,388
2010s549
2020s86

In 1997, its biggest year

Kaylan was the 879th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1997 were Emily, Jessica, Ashley, Sarah and Hannah. See all of 1997.

Names that rose and fell with Kaylan

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.