Girls' name · since 2009

Kynlei

199 babies named Kynlei in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#19,862 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#10,667 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
199
born since 2009
2010s
peak decade

Kynlei currently ranks #10667 among girls' names in America, with 199 babies recorded since 2009.

Kynlei has 199 recorded births among girls since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10667 as of the latest data, more common than 38% of girls, 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 2009 to 2025.

  • #19,862 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #10,667 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 199 born since 2009
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kynlei ranks #19,862 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,667 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 199 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.

#19,862 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#10,667 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
199
born since 2009
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%38.3%
Kynlei vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Kynlei's 199 recorded births place it above 72.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

1 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.

How Kynlei compares

199 37th percentile among 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

Kynlei's all-time total is 47% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Kynlei Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 199 376 567,345
Peak-year births 19 21 19,840

Kynlei's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Kynlei's full recorded timeline at 2017, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2021, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Kynlei popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2011)
19
Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
05101520 2009201220152018202120242025 9

Kynlei by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (135 births, 68% of the file).

2010s was Kynlei's strongest decade.

135 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.

Kynlei births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 135 births (68% of all-time use).

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

Kynlei by state

Where Kynlei concentrates geographically, total births since 2009

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Kynlei
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
5 2.5%
Texas share of Kynlei's total US births 2.5%

5 of 199 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kynlei?
Kynlei has been given to 199 babies in the U.S. since 2009, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #19,862 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #10,667 of 17,297. 19 babies were born in 2011, its single highest year.
Where does Kynlei sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kynlei ranks #19,862 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,667 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Kynlei most popular?
Kynlei was most popular in the 2010s decade with 135 total births. The single peak year was 2011.
Where is Kynlei most popular?
The top states for the name Kynlei are Texas (5 births).
How long has the name Kynlei been used?
The SSA has tracked Kynlei since 2009 -- 17 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Kynlei?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kyndall, Kynlee, Kyndal, Kyndra, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Kynlei's data

  • Kynlei's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (135 total births) through the 2020s (53) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • Texas records the most Kynleis (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Kynlei

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Kynlei: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2009–2025 (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 Kynlei 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.