Girls' name · since 1959
Kaelyn
Kaelyn has 15,566 recorded births since 1959 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,255 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,597 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 15,566
- born since 1959
- 2000s
- peak decade
15,566 babies have been named Kaelyn since 1959, making it today's #1597 girls' name.
Kaelyn has 15,566 recorded births among girls since 1959, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1597 as of the latest data, more common than 91% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 2025.
- #1,255 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,597 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 15,566 born since 1959
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaelyn ranks #1,255 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,597 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 15,566 born since 1959, peaking in the 2000s.
- #1,255 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,597 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 15,566
- born since 1959
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kaelyn's 15,566 recorded births place it above 98.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
46 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Kaelyn compares
15,566 Top 8% higher than 92% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kaelyn's all-time total is 41x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kaelyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 15,566 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 997 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kaelyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kaelyn's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 84% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 16%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1959, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 997, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kaelyn popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 997
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Kaelyn popularity over time - boys
82 total births recorded since 1995 (Kaelyn as boys' name)
Kaelyn by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (6,463 births, 42% of the file).
2000s was Kaelyn's strongest decade.
6,463 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Kaelyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 25
1960s
25 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 378
1980s
378 births
- 1990s 2,139
1990s
2,139 births
- 2000s
2000s
6,463 births
- 2010s
2010s
5,597 births
- 2020s 949
2020s
949 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 6,463 births (42% of all-time use).
How Kaelyn compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Kaelyn's total volume
Kaelyn by state
Where Kaelyn concentrates geographically, total births since 1959
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,645 | 10.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,262 | 8.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 801 | 5.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 770 | 4.9% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 599 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 598 | 3.8% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 531 | 3.4% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 511 | 3.3% |
1,645 of 15,566 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 46 reporting states.
Kaelyn appears in 46 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kaelyn's data
- Kaelyn's decade-level peak was the 2000s (6,463 total births); usage has since declined to 949 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Kaelyns (1,645 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kaelyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~66 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1959–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kaelyn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.