Kilan — #9356 US boys' name
138 babies named Kilan in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 34% of names given to boys today.
49% of everyone ever named Kilan was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Kilan in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kilan
The Social Security Administration has registered 138 babies named Kilan between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kilan currently holds the #9356 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kilan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 67 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kilan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kilan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 138 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Kilan at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kilan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1996
- Peak year (2021)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
Currently ranks #9356 among boys.
138 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 14 births in a single year.
Kilan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 67 births that decade — 49% of Kilan's all-time total
Kilan decade highlights
- Peak decade 67 births
- Runner-up 41 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kilan's strongest decade
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1996–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.