Kayelynn — girls' name
394 babies named Kayelynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
394 girls have been named Kayelynn since 1990, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2025.
- 394
- total births
- 1990–2025
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 40%
- born in that decade
40% of everyone ever named Kayelynn was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Kayelynn in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kayelynn
The Social Security Administration has registered 394 babies named Kayelynn between 1990 and 2025, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kayelynn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kayelynn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 157 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kayelynn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kayelynn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kayelynn 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 394 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.
Kayelynn at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kayelynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–1990
- Peak year (2008)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
394 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 27 births in a single year.
Kayelynn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 157 births that decade — 40% of Kayelynn's all-time total
Kayelynn decade highlights
- Peak decade 157 births
- Runner-up 134 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kayelynn's strongest decade
157 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Kayelynn by state
Where Kayelynn concentrates geographically — total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.3% |
5 of 394 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1990–2025 (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.