Kesslyn — girls' name
34 babies named Kesslyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
34 girls have been named Kesslyn since 2011, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2021.
- 34
- total births
- 2011–2021
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 85%
- born in that decade
85% of everyone ever named Kesslyn was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Kesslyn in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kesslyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 34 babies named Kesslyn between 2011 and 2021, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kesslyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kesslyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kesslyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kesslyn 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 34 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.
Kesslyn at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kesslyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2011
- Peak year (2018)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
34 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 7 births in a single year.
Kesslyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 29 births that decade — 85% of Kesslyn's all-time total
Kesslyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 29 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kesslyn's strongest decade
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 85% 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, 2011–2021 (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.