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Killian

Rank in 2024
#369
Born in 2024
884
Peak year
2017 · #248
Origin
Irish

1880 to 2024

Rising
00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 884 boys were named Killian, about 1 in every 1,940.
  • It peaked in 2017 with 1,505 babies, ranked #248.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1915.
  • 15,446 boys have been named Killian since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Killian per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. 0
    Boomers
  4. 0
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0.5
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 10 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 827 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,081 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 11,528 babies, 0.53 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

An anglicized spelling of Irish Cillian.

  • A male given name from Irish.
Origin
Irish
Say it
Not recorded

From Wiktionary’s entry for Killian, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

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    Kylian

    Rank
    #458
    Born '24
    679
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20232024
  • GirlBoyCooling

    Kellan

    Rank
    #917
    Born '24
    252
    Origin
    Irish
    1880peak 20132024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Kilian

    Rank
    #1,052
    Born '24
    209
    Origin
    Irish
    1880peak 20232024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Kollin

    Rank
    #4,012
    Born '24
    27
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20092024