Kylan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 450 babies a year in the US.
How Kylan has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #668 |
| 2016 | #616 |
| 2017 | #624 |
| 2018 | #550 |
| 2019 | #558 |
| 2020 | #528 |
| 2021 | #574 |
| 2022 | #514 |
| 2023 | #547 |
| 2024 | #532 |
| 2025 | #579 |
Kylan by the numbers
In 2025, 30 babies in England and Wales were named Kylan. In the US, 450 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 436 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Kylan
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kylan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kylennarrow strait or channel; respelling of Kyle226 in the US (2017)
- Kyanlittle dark one; a form of Kieran132 in the US (2017)
- Kyranlittle dark one; a form of Kieran30 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kylianchurch or conflict; related to Kylie or Killian53 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kilansmall and graceful; a form of Kilian11 in the US (2017)
- Kylar124 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Kylan
Names that are said the same way as Kylan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Kylan
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