Is Kayan a boy or girl name?

Kayan is a unisex name. Of the 660 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 37.3% were girls and 62.7% were boys. It changed hands in 2024, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Kayan

Recorded 2002–2025 · United States

Kayan was most popular in 2022, when 76 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,274 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,540, with 51 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 660 people named Kayan.

Kayan over time

Births per year. The dot marks Kayan’s peak in 2022. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Kayan a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kayan is a unisex name — 37.3% of the 660 Americans given it were girls and 62.7% were boys. It changed hands: since 2024 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 46% girls and 54% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Kayan

Where Kayan is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

New York 5.0×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org