Girls' name · since 2005

Kinlyn

Kinlyn has 42 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

42
total births
2005–2017
years on record
2010s
peak decade
76%
born in that decade

42 girls have been named Kinlyn since 2005, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.

Kinlyn has 42 recorded births among girls since 2005, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2017.

  • 42 total births
  • 2005–2017 years on record
  • 2010s peak decade
  • 76% born in that decade

Data updated Jul 2026

Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Kinlyn's 42 recorded births place it above 49% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Kinlyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Kinlyn splits its recorded history at 2013: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2005 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Kinlyn popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2017

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2014)
9
Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
45678910 2005200620112013201420152017 5

Kinlyn by decade

Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance

2010s was Kinlyn's strongest decade.

32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.

Kinlyn births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 32 births (76% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of July 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kinlyn?
42 babies have been named Kinlyn since 2005. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2014 with 9 births.
When was Kinlyn most popular?
Kinlyn was most popular in the 2010s decade with 32 total births. The single peak year was 2014.
How long has the name Kinlyn been used?
The SSA has tracked Kinlyn since 2005 -- 13 years through the most recent 2017 data.
What names are similar to Kinlyn?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kinsley, Kinley, Kinsey, Kinslee, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of July 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, 2005–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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NameAlmanac. "Kinlyn: Baby Name Since 2005 - 42 Births, Peak 2014." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kinlyn. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 Kinlyn 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 July 2026.