Kaelynn
- #2,298 for girls in 2025, 79 births
- Peak · girls
- 2012 · 288 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,052since 1982
Kaelynn over time
Rank among girls' names. Kaelynn has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,298 | 79 |
| 2024 | #2,033 | 96 |
| 2023 | #2,090 | 92 |
| 2022 | #1,548 | 138 |
| 2021 | #1,584 | 132 |
| 2020 | #1,459 | 147 |
| 2019 | #1,629 | 130 |
| 2018 | #1,178 | 204 |
| 2017 | #1,210 | 198 |
| 2016 | #1,143 | 221 |
| 2015 | #941 | 288 |
| 2014 | #1,001 | 263 |
| 2013 | #1,001 | 250 |
| 2012 | #907 | 288 |
| 2011 | #931 | 277 |
| 2010 | #909 | 287 |
| 2009 | #961 | 278 |
| 2008 | #1,065 | 245 |
| 2007 | #1,215 | 206 |
| 2006 | #1,240 | 194 |
| 2005 | #1,553 | 131 |
| 2004 | #1,925 | 97 |
| 2003 | #2,144 | 81 |
| 2002 | #2,028 | 85 |
| 2001 | #2,193 | 74 |
| 2000 | #2,122 | 76 |
| 1999 | #2,368 | 62 |
| 1998 | #2,429 | 57 |
| 1997 | #2,023 | 70 |
| 1996 | #2,630 | 47 |
| 1995 | #2,421 | 53 |
| 1994 | #2,752 | 44 |
| 1993 | #3,290 | 34 |
| 1992 | #4,088 | 25 |
| 1991 | #4,208 | 24 |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
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| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kaelynn! It came in at #10,517, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1982–1983, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kaelynn is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#1,281 · 1 in 7,747
- Georgia#1,358 · 1 in 7,535
- Florida#1,436 · 1 in 9,640
- Texas#1,714 · 1 in 12,349
- California#3,095 · 1 in 32,345
Best ever in a state: #221 in Maine, 2009.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| North Carolina | #1,281 | 6 | 1 in 7,747 |
| Georgia | #1,358 | 6 | 1 in 7,535 |
| Florida | #1,436 | 9 | 1 in 9,640 |
| Texas | #1,714 | 13 | 1 in 12,349 |
| California | #3,095 | 5 | 1 in 32,345 |
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See more about Kaelynn
- 839 spots since 2020 (#1,459 → #2,298)
- Biggest jump: 104 spots in 2009
- Biggest drop: 202 spots in 2016
- Debuted 1982
- Peaked 2012 at #907 (288 births)
- Births halved by 2019, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 2009–2012
- Highest: 1 in 6,115 girls born in 2012 were named Kaelynn (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 20,345 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 47.6% of all girls named Kaelynn (2,406) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1980s | 67 | #5,321 (1988) | #7,802 |
| 1990s | 428 | #2,023 (1997) | #3,308 |
| 2000s | 1,467 | #961 (2009) | #1,645 |
| 2010s | 2,406 | #907 (2012) | #1,085 |
| 2020s | 684 | #1,459 (2020) | #1,835 |
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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