# Kaylynn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kaylynn/  
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 | 12,257 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 12,252 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

20th-century coinage; from Kay + -lynn.

## 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 | 496 | 582 |
| 2012 | 459 | 621 |
| 2013 | 470 | 600 |
| 2014 | 447 | 640 |
| 2015 | 380 | 740 |
| 2016 | 313 | 895 |
| 2017 | 257 | 1,011 |
| 2018 | 252 | 1,028 |
| 2019 | 247 | 1,040 |
| 2020 | 216 | 1,118 |
| 2021 | 166 | 1,339 |
| 2022 | 167 | 1,379 |
| 2023 | 167 | 1,353 |
| 2024 | 140 | 1,532 |
| 2025 | 134 | 1,576 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | 12,413 |

## 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.