Boys' name · since 2009
Kilen
27 babies named Kilen in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,694 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 27
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kilen is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 27 have been recorded since 2009.
Kilen has 27 recorded births among boys since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2024.
- #26,694 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 27 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kilen ranks #26,694 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #26,694 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 27
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kilen's 27 recorded births place it above 41.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kilen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kilen's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2010, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kilen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2024
- Peak year (2009)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Kilen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (16 births, 59% of the file).
2010s was Kilen's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Kilen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
16 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 16 births (59% of all-time use).
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- Kilen's decade-level peak was the 2010s (16 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Kilen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~15 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, 2009–2024 (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 Kilen 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.