How rare is the name Kayleen?

6,263 people in the United States have the first name Kayleen, about 1 in 48,225. It ranks #3,376 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

KAYLEEN

#3,376

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,263
About
1 in 48,225
This common or more
82.3%
Who bears it

Of the 6,263 people named Kayleen, 50.4% reported their origin as White, 36.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kayleen peaked in 2010, when 284 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19342025
Peak year
2010
Births that year
284
In 2025*
70 ▼75%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 7,995 babies have been given the name since 1934. 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.

Kayleen by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #2,075. The largest share of babies named Kayleen, 39.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1930s#7,69532
1940s#3,279212
1950s#2,783384
1960s#2,726461
1970s#4,325280
1980s#2,795681
1990s#2,2061,360
2000s#2,0751,966
2010s#2,2471,948
2020s#3,306671
Silent Generation 1928–451.8%
Baby boom 1946–649.2%
Generation X 1965–806.5%
Millennials 1981–9620%
Generation Z 1997–1239.1%
2013 and later23.3%

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 Kayleen is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kayleen has been most common in Arizona (3.5×), California (3.3×), and Texas (2.1×), and least common in Georgia (0.25×).

4,517 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.

Exactly as common as Kayleen

1 other first name also has 6,263 people.

#3,376 Danita · 6,263

Either side of Kayleen

#3,373 Phong · 6,276#3,376 Danita · 6,263#3,378 Genoveva · 6,262#3,379 Belle · 6,261

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,770 Kaylin · 17,014#2,380 Kaylyn · 10,517#2,478 Kaylynn · 9,933#3,104 Kaylen · 7,086#3,854 Kalen · 5,108#4,158 Kaylan · 4,620#4,360 Kaylene · 4,312#7,144 Kallen · 2,159

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