Kilen — #13361 US boys' name
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.
More common than 6% of names given to boys today.
59% of everyone ever named Kilen was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Kilen in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kilen
The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Kilen between 2009 and 2024, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kilen currently holds the #13361 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kilen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kilen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kilen 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 27 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.
Kilen at a glance
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Current rank
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Kilen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2009
- Peak year (2009)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
Currently ranks #13361 among boys.
27 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 6 births in a single year.
Kilen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 16 births that decade — 59% of Kilen's all-time total
Kilen decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kilen's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% 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, 2009–2024 (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.