Kailan**
#4,492 most common boys' name of all time · #11,020 across all names · 54% male / 46% female · used 1988–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#4,492
Rank overall
#11,020 of 105,966
First appeared
1988
Years on the list
38 of 146
All-time
1,118
Since 2016
377
Peak year
2009 #5,031
Best rank
#2,855 2022
Girls
Boys
peak 58/yr
Kailan first appears in 1988. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 28 | 35 | #3,898 |
| 2024 | 10 | 45 | 55 | #2,857 |
| 2023 | 8 | 42 | 50 | #2,981 |
| 2022 | 7 | 45 | 52 | #2,855 |
| 2021 | 8 | 24 | 32 | #4,307 |
| 2020 | 8 | 23 | 31 | #4,359 |
| 2019 | 8 | 29 | 37 | #3,758 |
| 2018 | 11 | 22 | 33 | #4,548 |
| 2017 | 7 | 19 | 26 | #5,017 |
| 2016 | 10 | 16 | 26 | #5,685 |
| 2015 | 17 | 18 | 35 | #5,180 |
| 2014 | 15 | 23 | 38 | #4,332 |
| 2013 | 11 | 15 | 26 | #5,795 |
| 2012 | 28 | 17 | 45 | #5,390 |
| 2011 | 32 | 15 | 47 | #5,825 |
| 2010 | 34 | 17 | 51 | #5,393 |
| 2009 | 39 | 19 | 58 | #5,031 |
| 2008 | 31 | 17 | 48 | #5,380 |
| 2007 | 11 | 12 | 23 | #6,888 |
| 2006 | 12 | 11 | 23 | #7,193 |
| 2005 | 19 | 16 | 35 | #5,201 |
| 2004 | 8 | 19 | 27 | #4,538 |
| 2003 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #11,703 |
| 2002 | 14 | 15 | 29 | #5,065 |
| 2001 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #7,292 |
| 2000 | 14 | 8 | 22 | #7,876 |
| 1999 | 14 | 12 | 26 | #5,549 |
| 1998 | 17 | 10 | 27 | #6,146 |
| 1997 | 13 | 7 | 20 | #7,820 |
| 1996 | 18 | 11 | 29 | #5,455 |
| 1995 | 15 | 11 | 26 | #5,429 |
| 1994 | 12 | 5 | 17 | #9,628 |
| 1993 | 13 | — | 13 | — |
| 1992 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1991 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #6,429 |
| 1990 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #7,896 |
| 1989 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1988 | 7 | — | 7 | — |