Boys' name · since 2012
Cylen
30 babies named Cylen in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,786 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,168 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 30
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
30 babies have been named Cylen since 2012, making it today's #13168 boys' name.
Cylen has 30 recorded births among boys since 2012, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13168 as of the latest data, more common than 5% 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 2012 to 2025.
- #25,786 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,168 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 30 born since 2012
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cylen ranks #25,786 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,168 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 30 born since 2012, peaking in the 2010s.
- #25,786 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,168 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 30
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cylen's 30 recorded births place it above 42.89% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Cylen compares
30 11th 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
Cylen's all-time total is 92% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cylen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 30 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Cylen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cylen's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2012, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2014 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cylen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Cylen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (19 births, 63% of the file).
2010s was Cylen's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Cylen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
19 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 19 births (63% of all-time use).
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What to do with Cylen's data
- Cylen's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (19 total births) through the 2020s (11) -- 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 Cylen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~13 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, 2012–2025 (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 Cylen 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.