Kaylyn — #2853 US girls' name
11,982 babies named Kaylyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 84% of names given to girls today.
35% of everyone ever named Kaylyn was born in this single decade.
462 babies were named Kaylyn in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaylyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 11,982 babies named Kaylyn between 1949 and 2024, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaylyn currently holds the #2853 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 462 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaylyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 4,178 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Kaylyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,054 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Kaylyn in 42 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaylyn 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 11,982 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.
Kaylyn at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kaylyn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1949
- Peak year (1997)
- 462
- Annual births at peak — across 76 years of records
Currently ranks #2853 among girls.
11,982 total births across 76 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 462 births in a single year.
Kaylyn popularity over time — boys
38 total births recorded since 1992 (Kaylyn as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Kaylyn accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kaylyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 4,178 births that decade — 35% of Kaylyn's all-time total
Kaylyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 4,178 births
- Runner-up 4,039 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kaylyn's strongest decade
4,178 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Kaylyn by state
Where Kaylyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,054 | 8.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,007 | 8.4% |
| #3 | Florida | | 609 | 5.1% |
| #4 | New York | | 507 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 498 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 464 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 448 | 3.7% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 401 | 3.3% |
1,054 of 11,982 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 42 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.8% of nationwide
- Texas 8.4% of nationwide
- Florida 5.1% of nationwide
- New York 4.2% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 42 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kaylyn appears in 42 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, 1949–2024 (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.