Unisex name · since 1989
Keylan
Keylan has 1,018 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,082 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,714 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,018
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
1,018 babies have been named Keylan since 1989, making it today's #3714 unisex name.
Keylan has 1,018 recorded births among boys since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3714 as of the latest data, more common than 73% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #5,082 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,714 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,018 born since 1989
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keylan ranks #5,082 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,714 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,018 born since 1989, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,082 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,714 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,018
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Keylan's 1,018 recorded births place it above 88.82% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Keylan compares
1,018 Top 31% higher than 69% 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
Keylan's all-time total is 176% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Keylan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,018 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 49 | 34 | 22,252 |
Keylan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Keylan's full recorded timeline at 2007, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1989, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 49 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Keylan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 49
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Keylan popularity over time - girls
55 total births recorded since 2000 (Keylan as girls' name)
Keylan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (358 births, 35% of the file).
2000s was Keylan's strongest decade.
358 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Keylan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 141
1990s
141 births
- 2000s
2000s
358 births
- 2010s
2010s
347 births
- 2020s
2020s
167 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 358 births (35% of all-time use).
How Keylan 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 Keylan's total volume
Keylan by state
Where Keylan concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 134 | 13.2% |
| #2 | Tennessee | | 27 | 2.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 16 | 1.6% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #7 | California | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.5% |
134 of 1,018 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Keylan appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Keylan's data
- Keylan's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (358 total births) through the 2020s (167) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Keylans (134 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 Keylan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1989–2025 (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 Keylan 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.