Is Kylin a boy or girl name?

Kylin is a unisex name. Of the 3,449 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 39.3% were girls and 60.7% were boys. It changed hands in 2012, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Kylin

Recorded 1987–2025 · United States

Kylin was most popular in 2022, when 201 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,256 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,018, with 126 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,449 people named Kylin.

Kylin over time

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

Is Kylin a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kylin is a unisex name — 39.3% of the 3,449 Americans given it were girls and 60.7% were boys. It changed hands: since 2012 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 29% girls and 71% 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 Kylin

Where Kylin 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