Is Kylene a boy or girl name?

Kylene is a girl’s name. Of the 1,693 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Kylene

Recorded 1948–2024 · United States

Kylene was most popular in 1979, when 205 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,349 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,693 people named Kylene.

Kylene over time

Births per year. The dot marks Kylene’s peak in 1979. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Kylene a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kylene is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,693 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% 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 Kylene

Where Kylene is most concentrated

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