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Kailan

Unisex

Meaning of Kailan: American: 'modern invented name'

Kailan is a unisex name most strongly associated with American naming. It has 6 letters and 2 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 3247th most popular name in the United States in 2025 and 2263rd in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#3247

35 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#2263

10 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

1,118

First recorded 1988 · peak 2009

Trend

rising

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 0 babies1982: 0 babies1983: 0 babies1984: 0 babies1985: 0 babies1986: 0 babies1987: 0 babies1988: 7 babies1989: 8 babies1990: 11 babies19901991: 13 babies1992: 8 babies1993: 13 babies1994: 17 babies1995: 26 babies1996: 29 babies1997: 20 babies1998: 27 babies1999: 26 babies2000: 22 babies20002001: 15 babies2002: 29 babies2003: 14 babies2004: 27 babies2005: 35 babies2006: 23 babies2007: 23 babies2008: 48 babies2009: 58 babies2010: 51 babies20102011: 47 babies2012: 45 babies2013: 26 babies2014: 38 babies2015: 35 babies2016: 26 babies2017: 26 babies2018: 33 babies2019: 37 babies2020: 31 babies20202021: 32 babies2022: 52 babies2023: 50 babies2024: 55 babies2025: 35 babies
US babies named Kailan per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 58.

Gender split

54% boys · 46% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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