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
Kaylany's 185 recorded births place it above 71.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
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
- Peak year (2025)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Currently ranks #5073 among girls.
185 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2025 with 26 births in a single year.
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
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
- 2010s
2010s
58 births
- 2020s
2020s
110 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 110 births (59% of all-time use).
Kaylany decade highlights
- Peak decade 110 births
- Runner-up 58 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Kaylany by state
Where Kaylany concentrates geographically, total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 15 | 8.1% |
| #2 | California | | 6 | 3.2% |
15 of 185 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.1% of nationwide
- California 3.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.1% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~20 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, 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.
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