Kylen
Kylen is ranked 923rd among boys in 2024 (251 births). Its best rank was 876th, in 2023.
- Rank in 2024
- #923down 47 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2510.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2023267 births
- Best rank
- #876in 2023
- Since 1981
- 5,128people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,531 boys have been named Kylen in the United States since 1981, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 267 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2015, and the 2010s alone account for 43%. It has spent 10 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 597 girls have also been given it, 12% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2023, its biggest year
Kylen was the 876th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Kylen
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Zakariyapeak 2024
- Kyrenpeak 2024
- Wisdompeak 2022
- Zainpeak 2022
- Kianpeak 2024
- Kylanpeak 2022
- Laithpeak 2024
- Hershypeak 2022
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.