girls:
588 births since 1986
#5128 (10th percentile)
boys:
14.6k births since 1915
#968 (79th percentile)
overall:
15.1k births since 1915
#2130 (72nd percentile)
The name Killian is the #2,130 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 15,144 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 72.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 72.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #968 (78.9% percentile) for all time with 14,556 births since 1915. For girls, it ranks #5,128 (10.3% percentile) for all time with 588 births since 1986.
Killian first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for boys and 1986 for girls). Birth data for Killian is available in 44 out of the 109 years between 1915 and 2023 (44 years for boys and 37 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 Killian has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 96.1% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Killian reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 73.2% percentile (ranked #246) with 760 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 760 births per million (ranked 73.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Killian ranks #344 for boys (62.3% percentile) with 482 births per million, which is 63.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Killian reached its peak popularity in 1997, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #835) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1997, with 17 births per million (ranked 3.2% percentile). Despite a low point in 2020, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Killian ranks #940 for girls (0.7% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 39.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Killian".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Killian. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 71.1% confident that Killian is pronounced as KIH-lee-uhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KIHL-yuhn, at 28.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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