Recorded 1970–2025 · United States
Kaylan was most popular in 1997, when 256 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,447 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,732, with 31 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 5,203 people named Kaylan.
Kaylan first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1970, which makes it about 55 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 48 of the 56 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 5,203 American births named Kaylan between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 5,121 are estimated to be alive today.
31 American babies were named Kaylan in 2025, ranking #7,732 that year.
Kaylan is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 34 births a year, against 81 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -58% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Kaylan is mostly a girl’s name — 84.6% of the 5,203 Americans given it were girls and 15.4% were boys. It changed hands: since 2023 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 55% girls and 45% 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.
Roughly 5,121 Americans named Kaylan are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 27 years old, and half are between 19 and 33.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org