Girls' name · since 2005

Kaylany

185 babies named Kaylany in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#20,604 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#5,073 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
185
born since 2005
2020s
peak decade

185 babies have been named Kaylany since 2005, making it today's #5073 girls' name.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaylany has been recorded 185 times among girls since 2005, currently ranked #5073 nationally and more common than 71% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.

  • #20,604 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #5,073 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 185 born since 2005
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaylany ranks #20,604 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,073 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 185 born since 2005, peaking in the 2020s.

#20,604 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#5,073 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
185
born since 2005
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%70.6%
Kaylany vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Kaylany's 185 recorded births place it above 71.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

2 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.

How Kaylany compares

185 35th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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

Kaylany's all-time total is 51% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Kaylany Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 185 376 567,345
Peak-year births 26 21 19,840

Kaylany's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Kaylany's full recorded timeline at 2018, 74% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 26% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 26 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Kaylany popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2025)
26
Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
051015202530 200520082011201320182020202220242025 26

Kaylany by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (110 births, 59% of the file).

2020s was Kaylany's strongest decade.

110 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.

Kaylany births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 110 births (59% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Kaylany by state

Where Kaylany concentrates geographically, total births since 2005

Geographically diffuse
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Kaylany
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
15 8.1%
#2 California
6 3.2%
Texas share of Kaylany's total US births 8.1%
Even split

15 of 185 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kaylany?
Kaylany has been given to 185 babies in the U.S. since 2005, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #20,604 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #5,073 of 17,297. 26 babies were born in 2025, its single highest year.
Where does Kaylany sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaylany ranks #20,604 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,073 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Kaylany most popular?
Kaylany was most popular in the 2020s decade with 110 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
Where is Kaylany most popular?
The top states for the name Kaylany are Texas (15 births), California (6 births).
How long has the name Kaylany been used?
Kaylany has been recorded in Social Security data since 2005, spanning 21 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Kaylany?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kayla, Kaylee, Kay, Kayleigh, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Kaylany's data

  • Texas records the most Kaylanys (15 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Kaylany: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2005–2025 (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 Kaylany 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.