Girls' name · since 1995
Kahlyn
Kahlyn has 174 recorded births since 1995 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,256 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 174
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kahlyn sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 174 recorded since 1995.
Kahlyn has 174 recorded births among girls since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1995 to 2016.
- #21,256 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 174 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kahlyn ranks #21,256 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 174 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #21,256 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 174
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kahlyn's 174 recorded births place it above 70.55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kahlyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kahlyn's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1995, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 23, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kahlyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2016
- Peak year (2007)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Kahlyn by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (94 births, 54% of the file).
2000s was Kahlyn's strongest decade.
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Kahlyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 18
1990s
18 births
- 2000s
2000s
94 births
- 2010s
2010s
62 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 94 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Kahlyn's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (94 total births) through the 2010s (62) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kahlyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1995–2016 (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 Kahlyn 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.