Kenlyn — #12247 US unisex name
255 babies named Kenlyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1937, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 31% of names given to girls today.
41% of everyone ever named Kenlyn was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Kenlyn in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kenlyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 255 babies named Kenlyn between 1937 and 2024, spanning 88 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kenlyn currently holds the #12247 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 15 babies received it in a single year. Kenlyn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 36 additional births since 2010.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kenlyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 105 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Kenlyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kenlyn 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 255 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.
Kenlyn at a glance
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Current rank
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Kenlyn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1937
- Peak year (2014)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 88 years of records
Currently ranks #12247 among girls.
255 total births across 88 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 15 births in a single year.
Kenlyn popularity over time — boys
36 total births recorded since 2010 (Kenlyn as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Kenlyn accounts for 12% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kenlyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 105 births that decade — 41% of Kenlyn's all-time total
Kenlyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 105 births
- Runner-up 43 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kenlyn's strongest decade
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% 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, 1937–2024 (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.