Kaelyn
- #1,592 for girls in 2025, 131 births
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
- Given to girls 99.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2009 · 997 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 15,566since 1959
Kaelyn over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Kaelyn has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,592 | 131 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,637 | 126 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | #1,544 | 138 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,521 | 141 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,223 | 192 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,105 | 221 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,045 | 245 | — | |
| 2018 | #948 | 280 | — | |
| 2017 | #819 | 333 | — | |
| 2016 | #726 | 391 | — | |
| 2015 | #521 | 602 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #575 | 533 | — | |
| 2013 | #443 | 692 | — | |
| 2012 | #417 | 754 | #8,864 | 8 |
| 2011 | #385 | 822 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #339 | 945 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #331 | 997 | #8,310 | 9 |
| 2008 | #351 | 949 | — | |
| 2007 | #338 | 987 | — | |
| 2006 | #370 | 879 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | #520 | 562 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #569 | 502 | — | |
| 2003 | #611 | 438 | — | |
| 2002 | #650 | 389 | — | |
| 2001 | #661 | 380 | — | |
| 2000 | #651 | 380 | — | |
| 1999 | #667 | 343 | — | |
| 1998 | #744 | 292 | — | |
| 1997 | #682 | 316 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #710 | 298 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | #682 | 312 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | #1,043 | 175 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,374 | 119 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,486 | 106 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,740 | 83 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,586 | 95 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,686 | 81 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,738 | 73 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,065 | 53 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,932 | 57 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,601 | 37 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,340 | 41 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 | — | |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | — | |
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| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | — | |
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| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | — | |
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| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | — | |
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| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | — | |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | — | |
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| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | — | |
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| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1959
The first year at least five girls were named Kaelyn! It came in at #6,245, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1959–1960, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kaelyn is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Connecticut#540 · 1 in 2,301
- South Carolina#614 · 1 in 2,613
- Texas#1,314 · 1 in 8,450
- Georgia#1,358 · 1 in 7,535
- Pennsylvania#1,392 · 1 in 9,338
Best ever in a state: #95 in New Hampshire, 2010.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | #540 | 5 | 1 in 2,301 |
| South Carolina | #614 | 7 | 1 in 2,613 |
| Texas | #1,314 | 19 | 1 in 8,450 |
| Georgia | #1,358 | 6 | 1 in 7,535 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,392 | 5 | 1 in 9,338 |
| California | #1,409 | 16 | 1 in 10,108 |
| Florida | #1,436 | 9 | 1 in 9,640 |
| New York | #1,654 | 7 | 1 in 11,190 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 45 spots since 2024 (#1,637 → #1,592)
- 487 spots since 2020 (#1,105 → #1,592)
- Biggest jump: 361 spots in 1995
- Biggest drop: 205 spots in 2016
Rise & fade · girls
50 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1959
- Peaked 2009 at #331 (997 births)
- Births halved by 2016, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 24 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1995–2018
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,843
- Highest: 1 in 1,843 girls born in 2009 were named Kaelyn (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 12,269 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 41.5% of all girls named Kaelyn (6,463) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #6,245 (1959) | #6,245 |
| 1960s | 25 | #5,008 (1964) | #5,968 |
| 1970s | 10 | #8,775 (1974) | #9,493 |
| 1980s | 378 | #1,686 (1989) | #3,296 |
| 1990s | 2,139 | #667 (1999) | #1,071 |
| 2000s | 6,463 | #331 (2009) | #505 |
| 2010s | 5,597 | #339 (2010) | #622 |
| 2020s | 949 | #1,105 (2020) | #1,437 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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