Unisex name · since 1991
Kylyn
397 babies named Kylyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,576 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,747 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 397
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kylyn is the #13747 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 397 recorded since 1991.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kylyn has been recorded 397 times among girls since 1991, currently ranked #13747 nationally and more common than 21% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2025.
- #13,576 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,747 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 397 born since 1991
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kylyn ranks #13,576 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,747 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 397 born since 1991, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,576 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,747 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 397
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kylyn's 397 recorded births place it above 81.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kylyn compares
397 Top 49% higher than 51% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kylyn's all-time total is 6% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kylyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 397 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kylyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kylyn's full recorded timeline at 2008, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1991, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kylyn popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Kylyn popularity over time - boys
151 total births recorded since 1999 (Kylyn as boys' name)
Kylyn by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (133 births, 34% of the file).
2000s was Kylyn's strongest decade.
133 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Kylyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
70 births
- 2000s
2000s
133 births
- 2010s
2010s
133 births
- 2020s
2020s
61 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 133 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Kylyn's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (133 total births) through the 2020s (61) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Kylyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1991–2025 (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 Kylyn 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.