How rare is the name Kaylyn?

10,517 people in the United States have the first name Kaylyn, about 1 in 28,718. It ranks #2,380 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KAYLYN

#2,380

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,517
About
1 in 28,718
This common or more
79.6%
Who bears it

Of the 10,517 people named Kaylyn, 67.7% reported their origin as White, 11.7% as Black and 9.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kaylyn peaked in 1994, when 464 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19492025
Peak year
1994
Births that year
464
In 2025*
70 ▼85%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 12,091 babies have been given the name since 1949. 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.

Kaylyn by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,094. The largest share of babies named Kaylyn, 54%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1940s#12,5745
1950s#9,12835
1960s#5,551131
1970s#7,227125
1980s#2,264941
1990s#1,0944,060
2000s#1,2244,190
2010s#2,0972,153
2020s#4,289451
Baby boom 1946–640.8%
Generation X 1965–801.8%
Millennials 1981–9630.1%
Generation Z 1997–1254%
2013 and later13.4%

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 Kaylyn is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kaylyn has been most common in Florida (1.8×), Georgia (1.5×), and Alabama (1.4×), and least common in West Virginia (0.37×).

9,636 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 Kaylyn

#2,378 Suzan · 10,523#2,379 Gus · 10,519#2,381 Farah · 10,501#2,382 Marlena · 10,496

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,770 Kaylin · 17,014#2,066 Kaelyn · 13,147#2,221 Kailyn · 11,777#2,478 Kaylynn · 9,933#3,104 Kaylen · 7,086#3,173 Kalyn · 6,863#4,158 Kaylan · 4,620#9,088 Kaylon · 1,558

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