Kayleen — #2555 US girls' name
7,925 babies named Kayleen in U.S. Social Security records since 1934, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 86% of names given to girls today.
25% of everyone ever named Kayleen was born in this single decade.
284 babies were named Kayleen in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kayleen
The Social Security Administration has registered 7,925 babies named Kayleen between 1934 and 2024, spanning 91 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kayleen currently holds the #2555 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 284 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kayleen performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,966 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Kayleen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,503 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Kayleen in 30 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kayleen 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 7,925 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.
Kayleen at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kayleen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1934
- Peak year (2010)
- 284
- Annual births at peak — across 91 years of records
Currently ranks #2555 among girls.
7,925 total births across 91 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 284 births in a single year.
Kayleen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,966 births that decade — 25% of Kayleen's all-time total
Kayleen decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,966 births
- Runner-up 1,948 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kayleen's strongest decade
1,966 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Kayleen by state
Where Kayleen concentrates geographically — total births since 1934
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,503 | 19.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 725 | 9.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 558 | 7.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 294 | 3.7% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 196 | 2.5% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 160 | 2.0% |
| #7 | Washington | | 150 | 1.9% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 121 | 1.5% |
1,503 of 7,925 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 30 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 19.0% of nationwide
- Texas 9.1% of nationwide
- New York 7.0% of nationwide
- Florida 3.7% of nationwide
- Arizona 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 30 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 19.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kayleen appears in 30 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1934–2024 (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.