Keslyn — girls' name
113 babies named Keslyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
113 girls have been named Keslyn since 2000, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2022.
- 113
- total births
- 2000–2022
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 51%
- born in that decade
51% of everyone ever named Keslyn was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Keslyn in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Keslyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 113 babies named Keslyn between 2000 and 2022, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Keslyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Keslyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 58 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Keslyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Keslyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Keslyn 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 113 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.
Keslyn at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Keslyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2000
- Peak year (2017)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
113 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 11 births in a single year.
Keslyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 58 births that decade — 51% of Keslyn's all-time total
Keslyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 58 births
- Runner-up 41 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Keslyn's strongest decade
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Keslyn by state
Where Keslyn concentrates geographically — total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 4.4% |
5 of 113 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2000–2022 (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.