Kaylan
Kaylan is classified as a mostly female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Mostly female
- Confidence
- High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States
- US records 1880–2017
- 668 male / 4,256 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Kaylan
If you do not know Kaylan’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Kaylan,” in English, “Guten Tag Kaylan,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Kaylan,
German
Guten Tag Kaylan,
French
Bonjour Kaylan,
Spanish
Estimado/a Kaylan:
Chinese
Kaylan您好：
Japanese
Kaylan様
English
Hi Kaylan,
German
Hi Kaylan,
French
Salut Kaylan,
Spanish
Hola Kaylan,
Chinese
Kaylan你好：
Japanese
Kaylanさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | common | woman's name |
United States birth data
668 male · 4,256 female · 4,924 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 13.6% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Kaylan a male or female name?
Kaylan is classified as a mostly female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Kaylan in an email?
If you do not know Kaylan’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Kaylan,” in English, “Guten Tag Kaylan,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Kaylan a unisex name?
Kaylan is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Kaylan a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/kaylan. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_kaylan,
title = {Is Kaylan a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/kaylan},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}