Kielyn — unisex name
91 babies named Kielyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
91 girls have been named Kielyn since 2007, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2022.
- 91
- total births
- 2007–2022
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
44% of everyone ever named Kielyn was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Kielyn in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kielyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 91 babies named Kielyn between 2007 and 2022, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kielyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 13 babies received it in a single year. Kielyn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 2009.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kielyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kielyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kielyn 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 91 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.
Kielyn at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kielyn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2007
- Peak year (2009)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
91 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 13 births in a single year.
Kielyn popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 2009 (Kielyn as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Kielyn accounts for 5% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kielyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 40 births that decade — 44% of Kielyn's all-time total
Kielyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 31 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kielyn's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% 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, 2007–2022 (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.