Boys' name · since 2004
Cylan
158 babies named Cylan in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,407 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,900 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 158
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cylan currently ranks #12900 among boys' names in America, with 158 babies recorded since 2004.
Cylan has 158 recorded births among boys since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12900 as of the latest data, more common than 7% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- #14,407 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,900 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 158 born since 2004
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cylan ranks #14,407 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,900 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 158 born since 2004, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,407 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,900 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 158
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cylan's 158 recorded births place it above 68.25% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Cylan compares
158 34th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Cylan's all-time total is 57% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cylan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 158 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Cylan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cylan splits its recorded history at 2014: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2010 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cylan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Cylan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (80 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Cylan's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Cylan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
37 births
- 2010s
2010s
80 births
- 2020s
2020s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 80 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Cylan's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (80 total births) through the 2020s (41) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cylan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~21 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2004–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cylan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.