girls:
578 births since 1986
#5138 (10th percentile)
boys:
4.3k births since 1981
#1859 (59th percentile)
overall:
4.9k births since 1981
#3914 (49th percentile)
The name Kylen is the #3,914 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,857 recorded births since 1981. This represents the 49.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 49.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,859 (59.5% percentile) for all time with 4,279 births since 1981. For girls, it ranks #5,138 (10.1% percentile) for all time with 578 births since 1986.
Kylen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1981 (1981 for boys and 1986 for girls). Birth data for Kylen is available in 42 out of the 43 years between 1981 and 2023 (42 years for boys and 38 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 Kylen has been given predominantly to boys, with 88.1% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 94.0% of babies named Kylen were boys.
For boys, Kylen reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 28.5% percentile (ranked #652) with 146 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 146 births per million (ranked 28.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1987, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kylen is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #652 (28.5% percentile) with 146 births per million.
For girls, Kylen reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 2.6% percentile (ranked #932) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kylen ranks #935 for girls (1.3% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 62.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kylen".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Kylen is pronounced as KAI-luhn, which has 2 syllables.
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