Kylian

What Kylian means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Kylian yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #6,676 in 2015, #622 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Kylian?

US: Rising: up from #6676 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 950 boys got the name (#345 that year). First in the US records in 2005.

How common

• About 1 in 3,813 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 5,131 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,455 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in CT (0.53 per 1,000 boys), FL (0.51 per 1,000 boys), NC (0.49 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Kylian is #622 in the US and #679 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Kylian were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Killian770 US · 59 E&W
• Kilian177 US · 23 E&W
• Calian44 US
• Kyllian21 US
• Kelian19 US
• Kalian8 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Kylian

Boys

• Waylon#56Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #222 in 2015, #56 in 2025
• Theo#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #405 in 2015, #82 in 2025
• Ace#164Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #419 in 2015, #164 in 2025
• Adriel#84“flock of God”^*
• Matias#170From Biblical Hebrew, meaning “gift of Yahweh”^*
• Otto#277“wealth, riches”^*

For a sister

• Ayla#77Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1963, with 6 babies
• Catalina#111Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #325 in 2015, #111 in 2025
• Ada#219“noble”^*
• Iris#61“rainbow”^*
• Ophelia#264possibly “help, aid, succour”^*
• Magnolia#124Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #634 in 2015, #124 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Kylian’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.