Recorded 1996–2019 Boys' name Peak 1997 188 births

Kolyn — boys' name

188 babies named Kolyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s462000s902010s52
2000s
Peak decade

48% of everyone ever named Kolyn was born in this single decade.

1997
Single peak year

15 babies were named Kolyn in 1997 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kolyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 188 babies named Kolyn between 1996 and 2019, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kolyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kolyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 90 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kolyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kolyn 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 188 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.

Kolyn at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

188

Since 1996

24 years of records

Peak year

1997

15 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1996

Recorded for 24 years

Last year on file: 2019

Kolyn popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1996

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (1997)
15
Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
05101520 20192014201120082004200019971996 13

Kolyn by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
90 births that decade — 48% of Kolyn's all-time total
1990s462000s902010s52

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kolyn?
188 babies have been named Kolyn since 1996. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1997 with 15 births.
When was Kolyn most popular?
Kolyn was most popular in the 2000s decade with 90 total births. The single peak year was 1997.
How long has the name Kolyn been used?
Kolyn has been recorded in Social Security data since 1996, spanning 24 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Kolyn?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kolton, Kolby, Kole, Kolten, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1996–2019 (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.