Unisex name · since 1990
Kailan
Kailan has 599 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,078 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,901 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 599
- born since 1990
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kailan is the #3901 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 599 recorded since 1990.
Kailan has 599 recorded births among boys since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3901 as of the latest data, more common than 72% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #7,078 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,901 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 599 born since 1990
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kailan ranks #7,078 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,901 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 599 born since 1990, peaking in the 2020s.
- #7,078 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,901 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 599
- born since 1990
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kailan's 599 recorded births place it above 84.42% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Kailan compares
599 Top 41% higher than 59% of 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
Kailan's all-time total is 62% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kailan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 599 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 45 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kailan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kailan splits its recorded history at 2009: 70% of all births land in the more recent half, 30% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1994 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 45 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kailan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 45
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Kailan popularity over time - girls
519 total births recorded since 1988 (Kailan as girls' name)
Kailan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (207 births, 35% of the file).
2020s was Kailan's strongest decade.
207 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Kailan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 70
1990s
70 births
- 2000s
2000s
131 births
- 2010s
2010s
191 births
- 2020s
2020s
207 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 207 births (35% of all-time use).
How Kailan compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Kailan's total volume
Kailan by state
Where Kailan concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 16 | 2.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 13 | 2.2% |
16 of 599 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- California records the most Kailans (16 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Kailan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Kailan 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.