How rare is the name Kaelyn?

13,147 people in the United States have the first name Kaelyn, about 1 in 22,973. It ranks #2,066 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KAELYN

#2,066

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,147
About
1 in 22,973
This common or more
78.4%
Who bears it

Of the 13,147 people named Kaelyn, 64.8% reported their origin as White, 11.7% as Black and 11.4% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kaelyn peaked in 2009, when 1,006 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19592025
Peak year
2009
Births that year
1,006
In 2025*
131 ▼87%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 15,648 babies have been given the name since 1959. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Kaelyn by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #883. The largest share of babies named Kaelyn, 63.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#14,8235
1960s#11,48325
1970s#21,07710
1980s#4,098378
1990s#1,6192,168
2000s#8836,484
2010s#1,0545,624
2020s#2,603954
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–800.1%
Millennials 1981–9610.2%
Generation Z 1997–1263.8%
2013 and later25.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Kaelyn is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kaelyn has been most common in Arizona (1.6×), Florida (1.6×), and Nevada (1.6×), and least common in Utah (0.35×).

13,633 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Kaelyn

#2,064 Nash · 13,169#2,065 Dara · 13,148#2,067 Jimena · 13,143#2,068 Yu · 13,140

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kaelyn, most common first.

#2,221 Kailyn · 11,777#2,380 Kaylyn · 10,517#3,173 Kalyn · 6,863#4,857 Kaelynn · 3,694#5,341 Kaelin · 3,237#8,568 Kaelan · 1,689#12,495 Kaelen · 995#24,355 Kallyn · 396

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