Kylin
Unisex · KY-lin · Modern
Unisex
Kylin is a name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,728th for boys in the US (94 babies).
What does Kylin mean?
Modern: variant of Kyle or Kylie
Kylin is also an old English spelling of qilin, the auspicious unicorn-like creature of Chinese legend.
- Say it
- KY-lin
Is Kylin a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Kylin has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 32 girls and 94 boys in the US.
How popular is Kylin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,728among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 94about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 94 boys in the US were named Kylin, making it the 1,728th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,556th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 149 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987. 32 girls were also named Kylin in 2025 (4,351st for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Kylin than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Kylin in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,075 boys in the US were given Kylin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #326, up from #1,728 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 48% of the babies named Kylin in the US in 1996, and 25% in 2025.
Kylin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 94 | #1,728 |
| 2024 | 118 | #1,510 |
| 2023 | 132 | #1,397 |
| 2022 | 149 | #1,284 |
| 2021 | 123 | #1,461 |
| 2020 | 106 | #1,556 |
| 2019 | 115 | #1,485 |
| 2018 | 72 | #2,016 |
| 2017 | 80 | #1,844 |
| 2016 | 78 | #1,890 |
| 2015 | 78 | #1,870 |
| 2014 | 83 | #1,794 |
| 2013 | 79 | #1,810 |
| 2012 | 64 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 59 | #2,202 |
| 2010 | 78 | #1,849 |
| 2009 | 64 | #2,118 |
| 2008 | 42 | #2,827 |
| 2007 | 47 | #2,602 |
| 2006 | 42 | #2,743 |
| 2005 | 34 | #3,018 |
| 2004 | 42 | #2,565 |
| 2003 | 50 | #2,176 |
| 2002 | 39 | #2,500 |
| 2001 | 50 | #2,082 |
| 2000 | 34 | #2,669 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,704 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,287 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
Names like Kylin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Keegan Brayden Declan Finnegan Kian Finn Braylen Aiden Rayden Ronan Brecken
Other spellings of Kylin
Kylan Kylen Kylon Khylan Khylen Kailan Khylin Kylyn Kylinn Khylon Kilynn
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