# Kaylen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kaylen/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,504 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,354 / 7,150 (84% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 713, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 310 | 850 |
| 2012 | 273 | 937 |
| 2013 | 269 | 939 |
| 2014 | 239 | 1,073 |
| 2015 | 210 | 1,194 |
| 2016 | 160 | 1,443 |
| 2017 | 146 | 1,521 |
| 2018 | 130 | 1,636 |
| 2019 | 105 | 1,906 |
| 2020 | 103 | 1,875 |
| 2021 | 87 | 2,165 |
| 2022 | 90 | 2,130 |
| 2023 | 78 | 2,347 |
| 2024 | 47 | 3,358 |
| 2025 | 61 | 2,796 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 49 | 2,528 |
| 2012 | 52 | 2,432 |
| 2013 | 54 | 2,348 |
| 2014 | 52 | 2,446 |
| 2015 | 44 | 2,741 |
| 2016 | 36 | 3,191 |
| 2017 | 38 | 3,102 |
| 2018 | 31 | 3,575 |
| 2019 | 40 | 3,026 |
| 2020 | 44 | 2,785 |
| 2021 | 46 | 2,755 |
| 2022 | 50 | 2,658 |
| 2023 | 56 | 2,427 |
| 2024 | 29 | 3,850 |
| 2025 | 36 | 3,275 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 4 | 3,142 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,998 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3,382 |
| 2006 | 6 | 3,116 |
| 2007 | 6 | 3,218 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2009 | 8 | 2,759 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 44 | 718 |
| 2012 | 39 | 805 |
| 2013 | 40 | 783 |
| 2014 | 29 | 988 |
| 2015 | 36 | 856 |
| 2016 | 38 | 833 |
| 2017 | 44 | 771 |
| 2018 | 26 | 1,061 |
| 2019 | 32 | 908 |
| 2020 | 27 | 1,019 |
| 2021 | 24 | 1,139 |
| 2022 | 29 | 1,011 |
| 2023 | 20 | 1,309 |
| 2024 | 18 | 1,460 |
| 2025 | 28 | 1,066 |

## People named Kaylen

- Kaylen Frederick, American racing driver

## 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.