Girls' name · since 1990
Kayelynn
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.
- #13,635 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,584 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 394
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
394 babies have been named Kayelynn since 1990, making it today's #15584 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kayelynn has been recorded 394 times among girls since 1990, currently ranked #15584 nationally and more common than 10% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #13,635 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,584 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 394 born since 1990
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kayelynn ranks #13,635 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,584 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 394 born since 1990, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,635 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,584 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 394
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kayelynn's 394 recorded births place it above 81.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Kayelynn compares
394 Top 50% higher than 50% 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
Kayelynn's all-time total is 5% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kayelynn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 394 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kayelynn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kayelynn's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 27, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kayelynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Kayelynn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (157 births, 40% of the file).
2010s was Kayelynn's strongest decade.
157 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Kayelynn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
63 births
- 2000s
2000s
134 births
- 2010s
2010s
157 births
- 2020s 40
2020s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 157 births (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.
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What to do with Kayelynn's data
- Kayelynn's decade-level peak was the 2010s (157 total births); usage has since declined to 40 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Kayelynns (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kayelynn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Kayelynn 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.