Kylin**
#2,233 most common boys' name of all time · #5,375 across all names · 61% male / 39% female · used 1987–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#2,233
Rank overall
#5,375 of 105,966
First appeared
1987
Years on the list
39 of 146
All-time
3,449
Since 2016
1,498
Peak year
2022 #1,286
Best rank
#1,286 2022
Girls
Boys
peak 201/yr
Kylin first appears in 1987. 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 | 32 | 94 | 126 | #1,739 |
| 2024 | 38 | 118 | 156 | #1,515 |
| 2023 | 39 | 132 | 171 | #1,401 |
| 2022 | 52 | 149 | 201 | #1,286 |
| 2021 | 37 | 123 | 160 | #1,467 |
| 2020 | 44 | 106 | 150 | #1,559 |
| 2019 | 43 | 115 | 158 | #1,490 |
| 2018 | 51 | 72 | 123 | #2,025 |
| 2017 | 38 | 80 | 118 | #1,854 |
| 2016 | 57 | 78 | 135 | #1,899 |
| 2015 | 68 | 78 | 146 | #1,889 |
| 2014 | 63 | 83 | 146 | #1,806 |
| 2013 | 66 | 79 | 145 | #1,824 |
| 2012 | 47 | 64 | 111 | #2,120 |
| 2011 | 74 | 59 | 133 | #2,221 |
| 2010 | 60 | 78 | 138 | #1,865 |
| 2009 | 69 | 64 | 133 | #2,136 |
| 2008 | 58 | 42 | 100 | #2,863 |
| 2007 | 54 | 47 | 101 | #2,628 |
| 2006 | 53 | 42 | 95 | #2,774 |
| 2005 | 32 | 34 | 66 | #3,070 |
| 2004 | 41 | 42 | 83 | #2,593 |
| 2003 | 34 | 50 | 84 | #2,201 |
| 2002 | 24 | 39 | 63 | #2,546 |
| 2001 | 15 | 50 | 65 | #2,108 |
| 2000 | 18 | 34 | 52 | #2,728 |
| 1999 | 15 | 24 | 39 | #3,366 |
| 1998 | 20 | 19 | 39 | #3,825 |
| 1997 | 21 | 17 | 38 | #4,013 |
| 1996 | 19 | 21 | 40 | #3,393 |
| 1995 | 14 | 10 | 24 | #5,816 |
| 1994 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #6,801 |
| 1993 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #8,352 |
| 1992 | 15 | 8 | 23 | #6,549 |
| 1991 | 10 | 7 | 17 | #7,098 |
| 1990 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #9,087 |
| 1989 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,797 |
| 1988 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1987 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #7,925 |