How Many People Are Named Kilian?
people named Kilian are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 127,246 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,717 babies named Kilian in Social Security records from 1970 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
212 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
German form and Irish and French variant of CILLIAN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Kilian, 1% were girls and 99% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kilian alive today is about 10 years old, and 93% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 14 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kilian first appears in the records in 1970 and was given most often in 2023, to 212 babies. In 2025, 177 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1970 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kilian has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,032, in 2023. In 2025 it ranked #1,167.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,167 |
| Best rank | #1,032 (2023) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,148 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kilian alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kilian were born in California than in any other state: about 298 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kilian was given 2 times as often in Washington, 1.9 times in Virginia and 1.8 times in California.
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