Kylene — #15530 US girls' name
1,693 babies named Kylene in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 12% of names given to girls today.
36% of everyone ever named Kylene was born in this single decade.
205 babies were named Kylene in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kylene
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,693 babies named Kylene between 1948 and 2024, spanning 77 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kylene currently holds the #15530 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 205 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kylene performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 610 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Kylene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 158 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Kylene in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kylene 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 1,693 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.
Kylene at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kylene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1948
- Peak year (1979)
- 205
- Annual births at peak — across 77 years of records
Currently ranks #15530 among girls.
1,693 total births across 77 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 205 births in a single year.
Kylene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 610 births that decade — 36% of Kylene's all-time total
Kylene decade highlights
- Peak decade 610 births
- Runner-up 335 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Kylene's strongest decade
610 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Kylene by state
Where Kylene concentrates geographically — total births since 1948
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 158 | 9.3% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 67 | 4.0% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 40 | 2.4% |
| #4 | New York | | 36 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 20 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 18 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 17 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Washington | | 15 | 0.9% |
158 of 1,693 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.3% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.0% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.4% of nationwide
- New York 2.1% of nationwide
- Michigan 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 18 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kylene appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1948–2024 (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.