Kylan
Kylan is a unisex given name. Notable people with the given name include:Kylan Boswell, American basketball player Kylan Darnell, American internet personality and Miss Ohio Teen USA 2022 Kylan Hamdaoui, French rugby union player
- English
Meaning & Origin of Kylan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kylan is a unisex given name. Notable people with the given name include:Kylan Boswell, American basketball player Kylan Darnell, American internet personality and Miss Ohio Teen USA 2022 Kylan Hamdaoui, French rugby union player
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Kylan
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Kylan as a girl name dates back to 1978, when 5 babies received it. 2009 was its biggest year on record, with 47 newborns named Kylan — #3,459 in the national rankings. About 34% of every Kylan on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Kylan ranks #3,579 for girls with 43 births, rising sharply (+36% over the past five years). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Kylan as a boy name dates back to 1969, when 5 babies received it. 2022 was its biggest year on record, with 576 newborns named Kylan — #515 in the national rankings. About 36% of every Kylan on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Kylan ranks #528 for boys with 564 births, gradually rising (+14%). All told, over 11K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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About the name Kylan
Kylan is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1969 and has accumulated 11K births in the dataset. Kylan's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #515. Use the chart and map above to compare Kylan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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