Kelynn — unisex name
63 babies named Kelynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
63 girls have been named Kelynn since 1990, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2021.
- 63
- total births
- 1990–2021
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 37%
- born in that decade
37% of everyone ever named Kelynn was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Kelynn in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kelynn
The Social Security Administration has registered 63 babies named Kelynn between 1990 and 2021, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kelynn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Kelynn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 26 additional births since 2004.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kelynn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kelynn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kelynn 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 63 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.
Kelynn at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kelynn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1990
- Peak year (1998)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
63 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 7 births in a single year.
Kelynn popularity over time — boys
26 total births recorded since 2004 (Kelynn as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Kelynn accounts for 29% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kelynn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 23 births that decade — 37% of Kelynn's all-time total
Kelynn decade highlights
- Peak decade 23 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kelynn's strongest decade
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
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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, 1990–2021 (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.