Girls' name · since 2001
Keitlyn
Since 2001, U.S. Social Security records show 76 babies named Keitlyn, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #30,196 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,204 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 76
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Keitlyn is the #9204 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 76 recorded since 2001.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keitlyn has been recorded 76 times among girls since 2001, currently ranked #9204 nationally and more common than 47% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #30,196 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,204 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 76 born since 2001
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keitlyn ranks #30,196 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,204 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 76 born since 2001, peaking in the 2020s.
- #30,196 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,204 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 76
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Keitlyn's 76 recorded births place it above 58.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Keitlyn compares
76 21st percentile among 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
Keitlyn's all-time total is 80% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Keitlyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 76 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Keitlyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Keitlyn's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Keitlyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Keitlyn by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (35 births, 46% of the file).
2020s was Keitlyn's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Keitlyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
19 births
- 2010s
2010s
22 births
- 2020s
2020s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 35 births (46% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Keitlyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2001–2025 (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 Keitlyn 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.