NameTides

Kilian

Kilian was the #1,166 boys' name in the US in 2025 (177 babies), and #1,226 in England & Wales and #799 in Canada.

Kilian as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kilian as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaIrelandUSEngland & Wales
Kilian as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,166 (177)#1,226 (23)——#829 (3)#799 (33)
2024#1,053 (209)#1,402 (19)———#959 (26)
2023#1,031 (212)#1,309 (20)——#770 (3)#1,283 (16)
2022#1,220 (161)#1,782 (13)#703 (3)—#657 (4)#894 (27)
2021#1,170 (168)#1,218 (22)#605 (4)——#1,191 (18)
2020#1,222 (154)#1,314 (19)#476 (6)——#1,129 (19)
2019#1,354 (132)#1,655 (14)#464 (6)—#764 (3)#1,448 (13)
2018#1,261 (145)#1,284 (20)—#416 (3)#572 (5)#1,021 (21)
2017#1,159 (162)#2,512 (8)——#547 (5)#830 (29)
2016#1,180 (161)#1,903 (12)———#1,026 (21)
2015#1,334 (132)#1,902 (12)——#699 (3)#1,577 (11)
2014#1,679 (91)#2,690 (7)——#609 (4)#1,657 (10)
2013#2,804 (41)#2,954 (6)————
2012#2,209 (59)#2,270 (9)——#718 (3)#1,971 (8)
2011#2,904 (40)#3,300 (5)——#730 (3)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #1,031.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1970.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,600 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 9,600uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kilian is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,300 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kilian by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #898WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,023ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #994NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,267OHPennsylvania: #913PANew Jersey: #707NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #862CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #798VAMaryland: #634MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,250TXFlorida: #1,353FL
Kilian (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#29516
Ontario2024#1,1239

Kilian (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KilianCanadaBoys#79933
KilianEngland & WalesBoys#1,22623
KilianIrelandBoys#8293
KilianNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KilianScotlandBoys—too few
KilianUSGirls—too few
KilianUSBoys#1,166177