Killian
#895 most common boys' name of all time · #2,052 across all names · 96% male / 4% female · used 1915–2025
Rank among boys
#895
Rank overall
#2,052 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
16,834
Since 2016
10,657
Peak year
2017 #248
Best rank
#248 2017
Girls
Boys
peak 1,528/yr
Killian first appears in 1915. 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 | 15 | 770 | 785 | #419 |
| 2024 | 12 | 885 | 897 | #371 |
| 2023 | 12 | 884 | 896 | #368 |
| 2022 | 20 | 903 | 923 | #364 |
| 2021 | 21 | 939 | 960 | #347 |
| 2020 | 13 | 899 | 912 | #352 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1,089 | 1,105 | #311 |
| 2018 | 21 | 1,229 | 1,250 | #287 |
| 2017 | 22 | 1,506 | 1,528 | #248 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,382 | 1,401 | #264 |
| 2015 | 25 | 976 | 1,001 | #350 |
| 2014 | 16 | 545 | 561 | #512 |
| 2013 | 16 | 294 | 310 | #769 |
| 2012 | 11 | 270 | 281 | #818 |
| 2011 | 17 | 299 | 316 | #757 |
| 2010 | 16 | 293 | 309 | #764 |
| 2009 | 19 | 304 | 323 | #754 |
| 2008 | 16 | 274 | 290 | #802 |
| 2007 | 14 | 255 | 269 | #838 |
| 2006 | 12 | 176 | 188 | #1,036 |
| 2005 | 10 | 162 | 172 | #1,037 |
| 2004 | 15 | 151 | 166 | #1,061 |
| 2003 | 11 | 117 | 128 | #1,241 |
| 2002 | 13 | 117 | 130 | #1,194 |
| 2001 | 18 | 129 | 147 | #1,102 |
| 2000 | 19 | 139 | 158 | #1,042 |
| 1999 | 10 | 113 | 123 | #1,160 |
| 1998 | 21 | 137 | 158 | #999 |
| 1997 | 33 | 145 | 178 | #935 |
| 1996 | 16 | 145 | 161 | #911 |
| 1995 | 20 | 135 | 155 | #957 |
| 1994 | 12 | 94 | 106 | #1,184 |
| 1993 | 12 | 94 | 106 | #1,156 |
| 1992 | 22 | 71 | 93 | #1,343 |
| 1991 | 12 | 75 | 87 | #1,303 |
| 1990 | 10 | 81 | 91 | #1,221 |
| 1989 | 13 | 54 | 67 | #1,529 |
| 1988 | 8 | 22 | 30 | #2,632 |
| 1987 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,680 |
| 1986 | 7 | 13 | 20 | #3,492 |
| 1985 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,439 |
| 1984 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,123 |
| 1983 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,250 |
| 1982 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,330 |
| 1920 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,655 |
| 1915 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,266 |