How rare is the name Kaylin?

17,014 people in the United States have the first name Kaylin, about 1 in 17,752. It ranks #1,770 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KAYLIN

#1,770

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
17,014
About
1 in 17,752
This common or more
76.9%
Who bears it

Of the 17,014 people named Kaylin, 59.9% reported their origin as White, 15.9% as Black and 13.5% as Hispanic or Latino. 97.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kaylin peaked in 2007, when 894 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19532025
Peak year
2007
Births that year
894
In 2025*
133 ▼85%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 19,934 babies have been given the name since 1953. 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.

Kaylin by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #792. The largest share of babies named Kaylin, 58.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#12,55611
1960s#8,06265
1970s#10,20069
1980s#2,1441,032
1990s#9704,803
2000s#7927,560
2010s#1,1025,287
2020s#2,3601,107
Baby boom 1946–640.2%
Generation X 1965–800.6%
Millennials 1981–9620%
Generation Z 1997–1258.8%
2013 and later20.4%

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 Kaylin is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kaylin has been most common in Florida (1.9×), Georgia (1.6×), and Louisiana (1.5×), and least common in West Virginia (0.24×).

17,232 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.

Spelled almost the same

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

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