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
How old is the name Kylin?
Kylin first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1987, which makes it about 38 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 39 of the 39 years since.
How many people are named Kylin?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,449 American births named Kylin 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 3,415 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Kylin in 2025?
126 American babies were named Kylin in 2025, ranking #3,018 that year.
Is Kylin getting more or less popular?
Kylin is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 163 births a year, against 136 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +20% 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.
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.
How old is someone named Kylin?
Roughly 3,415 Americans named Kylin are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 12 years old, and half are between 6 and 19.
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.
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