Unisex name · since 2005
Kairyn
Kairyn has 182 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,538 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,790 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 182
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kairyn is the #5790 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 182 recorded since 2005.
Social Security Administration records show Kairyn recorded 182 times among boys since 2005, holding rank #5790 nationally today, ahead of 58% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #13,538 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,790 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 182 born since 2005
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kairyn ranks #13,538 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,790 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 182 born since 2005, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,538 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,790 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 182
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kairyn's 182 recorded births place it above 70.19% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kairyn compares
182 36th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Kairyn's all-time total is 51% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kairyn | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 182 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kairyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kairyn splits its recorded history at 2018: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2010 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 26 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kairyn popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Kairyn popularity over time - girls
15 total births recorded since 2010 (Kairyn as girls' name)
Kairyn by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (105 births, 58% of the file).
2020s was Kairyn's strongest decade.
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Kairyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
71 births
- 2020s
2020s
105 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 105 births (58% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kairyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~20 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, 2005–2025 (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 Kairyn 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.