Khilyn
Khilyn was last recorded in 2023, when 15 babies were given it; 112 Americans have been recorded with it between 2009 and 2023 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Khilyn by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Khilyn?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #9,385, in 2023; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
19 babies in 2014, the peak
Khilyn peaked in 2014, when 19 babies were given it (8 boys, #9,243 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | #12,823 | 8 | #9,385 |
| 2022 | under 5 | 5 | #13,412 | |
| 2021 | under 5 | 5 | #13,183 | |
| 2019 | 5 | #16,842 | under 5 | |
| 2018 | under 5 | 6 | #11,526 | |
| 2017 | 5 | #17,222 | 7 | #10,277 |
| 2016 | 6 | #15,326 | under 5 | |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,863 | 8 | #9,243 |
| 2013 | under 5 | 6 | #11,512 | |
| 2012 | 7 | #14,280 | 6 | #11,585 |
Every recorded year (13)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | under 5 | 9 | #8,459 | |
| 2010 | 6 | #16,027 | under 5 | |
| 2009 | 5 | #18,816 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Khilyn a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 112 Americans recorded as Khilyn, 46% are girls and 54% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Khilyn: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Khilyn, and how old are they?
An estimated 111 Americans named Khilyn and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (99% of everyone recorded); the median is 12 years old and half are between 7 and 14. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made.
Names spelled alike
Khilyn is a less common spelling of Kylin: SSA has recorded 112 Khilyn and 3,449 Kylin since 1880.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Khilyn
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.