Boys' name · since 1990
Kywan
31 babies named Kywan in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,638 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 31
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kywan sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 31 recorded since 1990.
Kywan has 31 recorded births among boys since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2003.
- #25,638 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 31 born since 1990
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kywan ranks #25,638 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 31 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.
- #25,638 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 31
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kywan's 31 recorded births place it above 43.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kywan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kywan splits its recorded history at 2001: 68% of all births land in the more recent half, 32% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1990 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2003 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kywan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2003
- Peak year (2003)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Kywan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (21 births, 68% of the file).
2000s was Kywan's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Kywan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 21 births (68% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kywan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~13 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, 1990–2003 (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 Kywan 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.