How rare is the name Kalyn?

6,863 people in the United States have the first name Kalyn, about 1 in 44,009. It ranks #3,173 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KALYN

#3,173

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,863
About
1 in 44,009
This common or more
81.8%
Who bears it

Of the 6,863 people named Kalyn, 68% reported their origin as White, 17.9% as Black and 5.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 95.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kalyn peaked in 1993, when 371 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19562025
Peak year
1993
Births that year
371
In 2025*
19 ▼95%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 7,793 babies have been given the name since 1956. 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.

Kalyn by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,325. The largest share of babies named Kalyn, 46.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#11,26017
1960s#5,984115
1970s#6,865135
1980s#1,9921,181
1990s#1,3252,975
2000s#1,8052,395
2010s#3,959851
2020s#10,075124
Baby boom 1946–640.8%
Generation X 1965–803%
Millennials 1981–9642.3%
Generation Z 1997–1246.6%
2013 and later7.2%

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 Kalyn is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kalyn has been most common in Florida (2.2×), Georgia (2.1×), and Louisiana (2.1×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.36×).

5,210 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 Kalyn

#3,170 Sheridan · 6,871#3,172 Jayde · 6,864#3,174 Jabari · 6,849#3,175 Kayson · 6,848

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,066 Kaelyn · 13,147#2,221 Kailyn · 11,777#2,380 Kaylyn · 10,517#3,854 Kalen · 5,108#5,441 Kalin · 3,161#5,554 Kalynn · 3,063#10,418 Kalan · 1,283#10,591 Kalyan · 1,248

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