Kilyn — unisex name
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.
The verdict
163 girls have been named Kilyn since 2001, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2025.
- 163
- total births
- 2001–2025
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 46%
- born in that decade
46% of everyone ever named Kilyn was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Kilyn in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kilyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 163 babies named Kilyn between 2001 and 2025, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kilyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Kilyn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 33 additional births since 2009.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kilyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 75 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kilyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kilyn 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 163 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.
Kilyn at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kilyn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–2001
- Peak year (2009)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
163 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 11 births in a single year.
Kilyn popularity over time — boys
33 total births recorded since 2009 (Kilyn as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Kilyn accounts for 17% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kilyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 75 births that decade — 46% of Kilyn's all-time total
Kilyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 75 births
- Runner-up 71 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kilyn's strongest decade
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% 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, 2001–2025 (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.