Boys' name · since 1985
Kyland
Since 1985, U.S. Social Security records show 898 babies named Kyland, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #5,512 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,195 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 898
- born since 1985
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kyland currently ranks #2195 among boys' names in America, with 898 babies recorded since 1985.
Kyland has 898 recorded births among boys since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2195 as of the latest data, more common than 84% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2025.
- #5,512 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,195 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 898 born since 1985
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kyland ranks #5,512 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,195 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 898 born since 1985, peaking in the 2020s.
- #5,512 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,195 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 898
- born since 1985
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kyland's 898 recorded births place it above 87.87% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Kyland compares
898 Top 33% higher than 67% 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
Kyland's all-time total is 143% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kyland | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 898 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 88 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kyland's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kyland's full recorded timeline at 2008, 79% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 21% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 88 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kyland popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 88
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Kyland popularity over time - girls
10 total births recorded since 2018 (Kyland as girls' name)
Kyland by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (351 births, 39% of the file).
2020s was Kyland's strongest decade.
351 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Kyland births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s 71
1990s
71 births
- 2000s
2000s
155 births
- 2010s
2010s
304 births
- 2020s
2020s
351 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 351 births (39% of all-time use).
How Kyland 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 Kyland's total volume
Kyland by state
Where Kyland concentrates geographically, total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 51 | 5.7% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 23 | 2.6% |
| #3 | California | | 16 | 1.8% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 14 | 1.6% |
| #5 | Florida | | 13 | 1.4% |
| #6 | South Carolina | | 10 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Mississippi | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.6% |
51 of 898 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Kyland appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Kylands (51 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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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, 1985–2025 (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 Kyland 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.