Kailen

maleStatistical record

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

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

Kailen: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #779, and it stood at #2,263 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#779highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

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	#2337
2000	#1703
2002	#1799
2003	#2470
2004	#1280
2005	#1534
2006	#2087
2007	#2211
2008	#1403
2009	#2318
2010	#1483
2011	#1209
2012	#1119
2013	#1147
2014	#1093
2015	#2020
2016	#1271
2017	#1021
2018	#2112
2019	#1369
2020	#1825
2021	#1688
2022	#2165
2023	#4991
2024	#2263

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

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 26 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2022: #779 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2165 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 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
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2263 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Kailen 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 Kailen in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	9	2 of 10	5
2000s	85	9 of 10	9
2010sbusiest	197	10 of 10	20
2020s	49	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 20 births a year.

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

Kailen appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #779 in Republic of Ireland in 2022.

Kailen'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	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2165	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1688	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1825	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1369	18	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2112	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1021	29	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1271	21	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2020	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1093	25	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1147	22	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1119	24	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1209	21	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1483	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2318	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1403	16	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2211	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1534	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1280	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1799	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1703	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #779, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2022, and 26 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Kailani · #790, 11y
Kaileigh · #444, 10y
Kailey · #248, 25y
Kailum · #401, 25y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Emiliano · #779, 21y
Vito · #779, 25y
Hibba · #776, 23y
Umme · #776, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Emiliano · #779, 21y
Vito · #779, 25y
Raheel · #780, 29y
Sohaib · #780, 29y

Kailen was ranked #779 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2022. 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.

Kailen 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 Kailen without appearing here.

Kailen moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2318 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1147 and #4685.
Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Kailen

Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2165 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #1461.
Gustav Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2165 and #2320 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #2325.
Hudson Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1799 and #2005 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #2470 and #1092.
Tadhg Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1093 and #1630 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2020 and #996.

Moved the opposite way to Kailen

Rune Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kailen went from #1280 to #2263 while Rune went from #3651 to #1460.

Moved the same way as Kailen

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Kailen went from #2020 to #4991 and Garry from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Kailen went from #2020 to #4991 and Graeme from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Kailen went from #2020 to #4991 and Nicola from #2863 to #4107.
Kelly Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Kailen went from #2337 to #4991 and Kelly from #1454 to #3523.

What's not yet available

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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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #779 in Republic of Ireland in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Kailen at a glance

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Popularity journey

Kailen by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Kailen by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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