Boys' name · since 2006
Kaynan
Kaynan has 251 recorded births since 2006 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,638 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,355 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 251
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kaynan is the #5355 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 251 recorded since 2006.
Kaynan has 251 recorded births among boys since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5355 as of the latest data, more common than 62% 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 2006 to 2025.
- #11,638 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,355 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 251 born since 2006
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaynan ranks #11,638 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,355 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 251 born since 2006, peaking in the 2020s.
- #11,638 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,355 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 251
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kaynan's 251 recorded births place it above 74.37% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kaynan compares
251 42nd 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
Kaynan's all-time total is 32% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kaynan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 251 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kaynan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kaynan's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 74% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 26%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2006, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 26, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kaynan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Kaynan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (121 births, 48% of the file).
2020s was Kaynan's strongest decade.
121 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Kaynan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
118 births
- 2020s
2020s
121 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 121 births (48% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kaynan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2006–2025 (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 Kaynan 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.