# Kaelyn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kaelyn/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 15,648 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 82 / 15,566 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 146, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Spelling variant of Kaylyn.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 822 | 385 |
| 2012 | 754 | 417 |
| 2013 | 692 | 443 |
| 2014 | 533 | 575 |
| 2015 | 602 | 522 |
| 2016 | 391 | 726 |
| 2017 | 333 | 821 |
| 2018 | 280 | 948 |
| 2019 | 245 | 1,046 |
| 2020 | 221 | 1,109 |
| 2021 | 192 | 1,226 |
| 2022 | 141 | 1,527 |
| 2023 | 138 | 1,546 |
| 2024 | 126 | 1,643 |
| 2025 | 131 | 1,601 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 13 | 4,656 |
| 1996 | 10 | 5,769 |
| 1997 | 6 | 8,698 |
| 2005 | 5 | 12,356 |
| 2006 | 7 | 10,112 |
| 2009 | 9 | 8,658 |
| 2010 | 6 | 11,452 |
| 2011 | 5 | 13,310 |
| 2012 | 8 | 9,286 |
| 2015 | 8 | 9,149 |
| 2024 | 5 | 13,227 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 17 | 1,435 |
| 2007 | 17 | 1,502 |
| 2008 | 9 | 2,487 |
| 2009 | 12 | 2,019 |
| 2010 | 9 | 2,589 |
| 2011 | 11 | 2,275 |
| 2012 | 16 | 1,809 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,649 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3,229 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3,035 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.