girls:
48 births since 2000
#5668 (1st percentile)
boys:
964 births since 1989
#3628 (21st percentile)
overall:
1k births since 1989
#6727 (13th percentile)
The name Keylan is the #6,727 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,012 recorded births since 1989. This represents the 13.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,628 (20.8% percentile) for all time with 964 births since 1989. For girls, it ranks #5,668 (0.8% percentile) for all time with 48 births since 2000.
Keylan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1989 (1989 for boys and 2000 for girls).
The name Keylan has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 95.3% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 86.8% of babies named Keylan were boys.
For boys, Keylan reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 5.0% percentile (ranked #831) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 23 births per million (ranked 4.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Keylan ranks #883 for boys (3.1% percentile) with 18 births per million, which is 77.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Keylan reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #893) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Keylan ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 63.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Keylan".
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