Recorded 1996–2014 Girls' name Peak 2006 62 births

Kadelyn — girls' name

62 babies named Kadelyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s82000s352010s19
2000s
Peak decade

56% of everyone ever named Kadelyn was born in this single decade.

2006
Single peak year

12 babies were named Kadelyn in 2006 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kadelyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 62 babies named Kadelyn between 1996 and 2014, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kadelyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kadelyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kadelyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kadelyn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 62 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Kadelyn at a glance

Last recorded 2014

Total births

62

Since 1996

19 years of records

Peak year

2006

12 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2014

Active since

1996

Recorded for 19 years

Last year on file: 2014

Kadelyn popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1996

Last recorded 2014
Peak year (2006)
12
Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
468101214 201420112010200720062005200320021996 8

Kadelyn by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
35 births that decade — 56% of Kadelyn's all-time total
1990s82000s352010s19

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kadelyn?
62 babies have been named Kadelyn since 1996. It was last recorded in 2014. The peak year was 2006 with 12 births.
When was Kadelyn most popular?
Kadelyn was most popular in the 2000s decade with 35 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
How long has the name Kadelyn been used?
Kadelyn has been recorded in Social Security data since 1996, spanning 19 years of data through 2014.
What names are similar to Kadelyn?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kadence, Kady, Kadie, Kadijah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1996–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.