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Kaylan

Kaylan is a unisex given name: about 14% of people named Kaylan are men and 86% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleHigh
Male 14%Female 86%
Verdict
Mostly female
Male / female split
14% male / 86% female
Confidence
High (64 or more weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
668 male / 4,256 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Kaylan

To address Kaylan when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Kaylan," in English, "Guten Tag Kaylan," in German. About 14% of people named Kaylan are men and 86% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

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

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Kaylan by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statescommonwoman's name14%

United States birth data

668 male · 4,256 female · 4,924 births recorded

Male 14%Female 86%

Since 1980: 14% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Kaylan a male or female name?

Kaylan is a unisex given name: about 14% of people named Kaylan are men and 86% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Kaylan in an email?

To address Kaylan when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Kaylan," in English, "Guten Tag Kaylan," in German. About 14% of people named Kaylan are men and 86% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Kaylan a unisex name?

Kaylan is not a unisex name: 14% of people named Kaylan are men. Kaylan leans strongly female overall.

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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, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Kaylan a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/kaylan (accessed 2026-09-11). 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://dearwho.vercel.app/name/kaylan},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}