Recorded 1995–2016 Girls' name Peak 2007 174 births

Kahlyn — girls' name

174 babies named Kahlyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s182000s942010s62
2000s
Peak decade

54% of everyone ever named Kahlyn was born in this single decade.

2007
Single peak year

23 babies were named Kahlyn in 2007 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kahlyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 174 babies named Kahlyn between 1995 and 2016, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kahlyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kahlyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 94 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kahlyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kahlyn 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 174 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.

Kahlyn at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

174

Since 1995

22 years of records

Peak year

2007

23 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

1995

Recorded for 22 years

Last year on file: 2016

Kahlyn popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1995

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (2007)
23
Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
0510152025 20162014201220102008200619981995 5

Kahlyn by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
94 births that decade — 54% of Kahlyn's all-time total
1990s182000s942010s62

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kahlyn?
174 babies have been named Kahlyn since 1995. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 2007 with 23 births.
When was Kahlyn most popular?
Kahlyn was most popular in the 2000s decade with 94 total births. The single peak year was 2007.
How long has the name Kahlyn been used?
Kahlyn has been recorded in Social Security data since 1995, spanning 22 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Kahlyn?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kahlani, Kahlan, Kahlia, Kahla, 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, 1995–2016 (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.