Girls' name · since 1948
Kylene
Kylene has 1,693 recorded births since 1948 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,273 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,693
- born since 1948
- 1980s
- peak decade
Kylene is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 1,693 have been recorded since 1948.
Kylene has 1,693 recorded births among girls since 1948, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1948 to 2024.
- #5,273 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,693 born since 1948
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kylene ranks #5,273 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,693 born since 1948, peaking in the 1980s.
- #5,273 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,693
- born since 1948
- 1980s
- peak decade
Kylene's 1,693 recorded births place it above 92.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
18 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Kylene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kylene splits its recorded history at 1992: 35% of all births land in the more recent half, 65% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1948 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 205 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kylene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–2024
- Peak year (1979)
- 205
- Annual births at peak, across 77 years of records
Kylene by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (610 births, 36% of the file).
1980s was Kylene's strongest decade.
610 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Kylene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 19
1950s
19 births
- 1960s 45
1960s
45 births
- 1970s
1970s
335 births
- 1980s
1980s
610 births
- 1990s
1990s
329 births
- 2000s 230
2000s
230 births
- 2010s 101
2010s
101 births
- 2020s 19
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 610 births (36% of all-time use).
How Kylene compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Kylene's total volume
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.
Kylene appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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- Kylene's decade-level peak was the 1980s (610 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Kylenes (158 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Kylene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~76 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, 1948–2024 (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 Kylene 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.