Unisex name · since 1981
Kylen
4,804 babies named Kylen in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,827 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #879 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,804
- born since 1981
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kylen currently ranks #879 among unisex names in America, with 4,804 babies recorded since 1981.
Kylen has 4,804 recorded births among boys since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #879 as of the latest data, more common than 94% of boys, 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 1981 to 2025.
- #1,827 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #879 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 4,804 born since 1981
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kylen ranks #1,827 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #879 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 4,804 born since 1981, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,827 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #879 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,804
- born since 1981
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kylen's 4,804 recorded births place it above 95.98% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
28 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Kylen compares
4,804 Top 13% higher than 87% 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
Kylen's all-time total is 13x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kylen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,804 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 272 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kylen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kylen's full recorded timeline at 2004, 87% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 13% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1984, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 272 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kylen popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 272
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Kylen popularity over time - girls
620 total births recorded since 1986 (Kylen as girls' name)
Kylen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,928 births, 40% of the file).
2010s was Kylen's strongest decade.
1,928 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Kylen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 72
1980s
72 births
- 1990s 287
1990s
287 births
- 2000s
2000s
969 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,928 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,548 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,928 births (40% of all-time use).
How Kylen 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 Kylen's total volume
Kylen by state
Where Kylen concentrates geographically, total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 349 | 7.3% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 235 | 4.9% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 233 | 4.9% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 223 | 4.6% |
| #5 | Florida | | 211 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 210 | 4.4% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 207 | 4.3% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 203 | 4.2% |
349 of 4,804 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Kylen appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kylen's data
- Kylen's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,928 total births) through the 2020s (1,548) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Kylens (349 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kylen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1981–2025 (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 Kylen 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.