Kylen
A boys’ name of Scottish origin, meaning narrow strait or channel; respelling of Kyle.
How Kylen has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #987 |
| 2017 | #980 |
| 2018 | #993 |
| 2019 | #920 |
| 2020 | #897 |
| 2021 | #925 |
| 2022 | #901 |
| 2023 | #874 |
| 2024 | #923 |
| 2025 | #879 |
Kylen by the numbers
In 2025, 11 babies in England and Wales were named Kylen. In the US, 226 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 210 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Kyle
Like Kylen, each of these traces back to Kyle: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Kylanarrow strait; form of Kyle802 in the US (2017)
- Kylahnarrow strait; a feminine form of Kyle182 in the US (2017)
- Kaylenarrow strait or channel; a modern respelling of Kyle43 in the US (2017)
- Kyleenanarrow strait; a form of Kylie or Kyle14 in the US (2017)
- Kyliahnarrow strait; a form of Kylie or Kyle14 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kylen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Kylen
Names that are said the same way as Kylen, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Kylen
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