Kailyn
Kailyn is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 133 births. Its best rank was 397th, in 2011.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1330.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 2011793 births
- Best rank
- #397in 2011
- Since 1981
- 14,098people given the name
The story in the numbers
14,098 girls have been named Kailyn in the United States since 1981, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2011, with 793 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2008, and the 2000s alone account for 40%. It has spent 26 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 2011, its biggest year
Kailyn was the 397th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2011 were Sophia, Isabella, Emma, Olivia and Ava. See all of 2011.
Names that rose and fell with Kailyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ashlynnpeak 2010
- Kendylpeak 2012
- Hayleighpeak 2010
- Makenziepeak 2011
- Kayleepeak 2009
- Makenzipeak 2008
- Brynnapeak 2011
- Kaylenpeak 2009
Other spellings in the data
- Kaylin19,798 ever
- Kaylynn12,112 ever
- Kaylyn11,982 ever
- Cailyn5,509 ever
- Kailynn4,654 ever
- Cailin3,706 ever
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.