Kailan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kailan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kailan: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #996 in 2010, and it stood at #2,263 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#996highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2020
1997	#1174
1998	#1367
1999	#1383
2000	#1241
2001	#2587
2002	#1651
2003	#2189
2004	#3009
2005	#2418
2006	#1643
2007	#3589
2008	#1706
2009	#1358
2010	#996
2011	#1045
2012	#1430
2013	#1404
2014	#2248
2015	#2150
2016	#1498
2017	#1546
2018	#1683
2019	#1587
2020	#2228
2021	#3017
2022	#2529
2023	#3523
2024	#2263

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2020 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #996 among boys in England and Wales, in 2010 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2263 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Kailan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kailan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	34	4 of 10	9
2000s	83	10 of 10	8
2010sbusiest	168	10 of 10	17
2020s	38	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Kailan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #996 in England and Wales in 2010.

Kailan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2263	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2529	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1587	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1683	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1546	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1498	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2248	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1404	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1430	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1045	25	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#996	28	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1358	17	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1706	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1643	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1651	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1241	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1383	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1367	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1174	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #996, first reached in 2010.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 28 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,263position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
28births registered in its largest year, 201025 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Kaif · #875, 27y
Kaila · #365, 29y
Kailani · #790, 11y
Kaileigh · #444, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Sameera · #996, 28y
Sabiha · #995, 29y
Zahara · #995, 26y
Gurveer · #998, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Sameera · #996, 28y
Sabiha · #995, 29y
Zahara · #995, 26y
Gurveer · #998, 29y

Kailan was ranked #996 in England and Wales · Boys in 2010. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kailan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kailan without appearing here.

Kailan moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #5119.
Shannon Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3589 and #3589 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1706 and #4432.
Tor Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3589 and #2435 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1706 and #4432.

Moved ahead of Kailan

Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2529 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #1461.
Kasper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2189 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3009 and #1347.
Hunter Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2189 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3009 and #1878.
Hudson Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1651 and #2005 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #2189 and #1092.

Moved the opposite way to Kailan

Cooper Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kailan went from #1174 to #2263 while Cooper went from #2022 to #139.
Arlo Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kailan went from #1383 to #2263 while Arlo went from #2943 to #15.
Harper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kailan went from #1383 to #2263 while Harper went from #2425 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kailan went from #1383 to #2263 while Kasper went from #2425 to #529.

Moved the same way as Kailan

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Kailan went from #2020 to #3523 and Garry from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Kailan went from #2020 to #3523 and Graeme from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Kailan went from #2020 to #3523 and Nicola from #2863 to #4107.
Kelly Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Kailan went from #1174 to #3523 and Kelly from #1454 to #3523.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #996 in England and Wales in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kailan

Kailan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kailan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Kailan at a glance

Kailan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Kailan moved ahead of

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