Unisex name · since 2001
Kilyn
163 babies named Kilyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,909 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,925 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 163
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
163 babies have been named Kilyn since 2001, making it today's #15925 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kilyn has been recorded 163 times among girls since 2001, currently ranked #15925 nationally and more common than 8% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #21,909 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,925 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 163 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kilyn ranks #21,909 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,925 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 163 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,909 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,925 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 163
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kilyn's 163 recorded births place it above 69.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kilyn compares
163 33rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kilyn's all-time total is 57% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kilyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 163 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kilyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kilyn's full recorded timeline at 2011, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2022, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kilyn popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Kilyn popularity over time - boys
33 total births recorded since 2009 (Kilyn as boys' name)
Kilyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (75 births, 46% of the file).
2010s was Kilyn's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Kilyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
71 births
- 2010s
2010s
75 births
- 2020s 17
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 75 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Kilyn's decade-level peak was the 2010s (75 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kilyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~24 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2001–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kilyn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.