# Kaylyn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kaylyn/  
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 | Kaelynn, Kaylynn, Kaylin, Calynn, Calyn, Kalynn |
| US babies named this | 12,091 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 38 / 12,053 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 61, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

20th-century coinage from Kay + -lyn.

## 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 | 354 | 769 |
| 2012 | 277 | 927 |
| 2013 | 255 | 985 |
| 2014 | 201 | 1,216 |
| 2015 | 192 | 1,272 |
| 2016 | 167 | 1,400 |
| 2017 | 131 | 1,647 |
| 2018 | 119 | 1,733 |
| 2019 | 101 | 1,942 |
| 2020 | 74 | 2,389 |
| 2021 | 97 | 2,000 |
| 2022 | 70 | 2,543 |
| 2023 | 77 | 2,372 |
| 2024 | 58 | 2,870 |
| 2025 | 70 | 2,525 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 5 | 9,132 |
| 1994 | 5 | 9,578 |
| 1995 | 6 | 8,349 |
| 1999 | 5 | 10,790 |
| 2004 | 7 | 9,466 |
| 2005 | 5 | 12,412 |
| 2022 | 5 | 13,335 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,998 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3,382 |
| 2006 | 8 | 2,509 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2008 | 6 | 3,397 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |

## 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.