girls:
192 births since 2005
#5524 (3rd percentile)
boys:
341 births since 2002
#4245 (7th percentile)
overall:
533 births since 2002
#7206 (7th percentile)
The name Kayan is the #7,206 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 533 recorded births since 2002. This represents the 6.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,245 (7.4% percentile) for all time with 341 births since 2002. For girls, it ranks #5,524 (3.3% percentile) for all time with 192 births since 2005.
Kayan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2002 (2002 for boys and 2005 for girls). Birth data for Kayan is available in 21 out of the 22 years between 2002 and 2023 (20 years for boys and 9 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kayan has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (64.0% of all recorded births). In 2023, 42.3% of babies named Kayan were boys.
For boys, Kayan reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 2.7% percentile (ranked #886) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 16 births per million (ranked 2.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2009, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kayan is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #886 (2.7% percentile) with 16 births per million.
For girls, Kayan reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 4.4% percentile (ranked #916) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 26 births per million (ranked 4.4% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kayan ranks #911 for girls (3.8% percentile) with 23 births per million, which is 89.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kayan".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kayan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 82.9% confident that Kayan is pronounced as KAY-uhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAI-uhn, at 17.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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