Kaelynn

#2,298 for girls in 2025, 79 births

Peak · girls
2012 · 288 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,052
since 1982

Kaelynn over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kaelynn has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202012peak #907, 2012girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#2,29879
2024#2,03396
2023#2,09092
2022#1,548138
2021#1,584132
2020#1,459147
2019#1,629130
2018#1,178204
2017#1,210198
2016#1,143221
2015#941288
2014#1,001263
2013#1,001250
2012#907288
2011#931277
2010#909287
2009#961278
2008#1,065245
2007#1,215206
2006#1,240194
2005#1,553131
2004#1,92597
2003#2,14481
2002#2,02885
2001#2,19374
2000#2,12276
1999#2,36862
1998#2,42957
1997#2,02370
1996#2,63047
1995#2,42153
1994#2,75244
1993#3,29034
1992#4,08825
1991#4,20824
1990#6,86712
1989#5,54515
1988#5,32115
1987#5,61313
1986#10,9125
1985#9,3076
1984#7,3988
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1982#10,5175
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First appearance
1982

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 2012

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kaelynn, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kaelynn, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kaelynn, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kaelynn, so not publishedNHWashington: #1,075 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,090 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kaelynn, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kaelynn, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kaelynn, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #843 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,805 girlsMNIllinois: #1,450 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,793 girlsILWisconsin: #837 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,609 girlsWIMichigan: #957 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,881 girlsMINew York: #1,962 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 15,379 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Kaelynn, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kaelynn, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kaelynn, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kaelynn, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kaelynn, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kaelynn, so not publishedSDIowa: #563 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,506 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kaelynn, so not publishedINOhio: #571 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 3,034 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,102 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,536 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Kaelynn, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kaelynn, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,024 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 6,745 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kaelynn, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Kaelynn, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kaelynn, so not publishedNEMissouri: #820 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,487 girlsMOKentucky: #537 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,592 girlsKYWest Virginia: #279 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,101 girlsWVVirginia: #735 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,043 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kaelynn, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kaelynn, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Kaelynn, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kaelynn, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kaelynn, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kaelynn, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Kaelynn, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #667 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,381 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #624 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,904 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaelynn, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #550 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,355 girlsOKLouisiana: #510 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,189 girlsLAMississippi: #450 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,773 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Kaelynn, so not publishedALGeorgia: #763 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,943 girlsGAHawaii: #241 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 675 girlsHITexas: #787 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 4,398 girlsTXFlorida: #1,296 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 8,847 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#241 · 1 in 675
  2. West Virginia#279 · 1 in 1,101
  3. Mississippi#450 · 1 in 1,773
  4. Louisiana#510 · 1 in 2,189
  5. Kentucky#537 · 1 in 2,592

Best ever in a state: #221 in Maine, 2009.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#24151 in 675
West Virginia#27961 in 1,101
Mississippi#45061 in 1,773
Louisiana#51091 in 2,189
Kentucky#53771 in 2,592
Oklahoma#55071 in 2,355
Iowa#56351 in 2,506
Ohio#571171 in 3,034
South Carolina#62461 in 2,904
North Carolina#667131 in 3,381
Virginia#73591 in 4,043
Georgia#763121 in 3,943
Texas#787361 in 4,398
Missouri#82061 in 4,487
Wisconsin#83751 in 4,609
Minnesota#84351 in 4,805
Michigan#95771 in 5,881
California#1,024311 in 6,745
Washington#1,07551 in 6,090
Pennsylvania#1,10271 in 7,536
Florida#1,29691 in 8,847
Illinois#1,45061 in 9,793
New York#1,96261 in 15,379
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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.

See more about Kaelynn
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 265 spots since 2024 (#2,033 → #2,298)
  • 839 spots since 2020 (#1,459 → #2,298)
  • 1,357 spots since 2015 (#941 → #2,298)
  • Biggest jump: 104 spots in 2009 (#1,065 → #961)
  • Biggest drop: 202 spots in 2016 (#941 → #1,143)
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1982
  • Peaked 2012 at #907 (288 births)
  • Births halved by 2019, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 2009–2012
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,115
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 47.6% of all girls named Kaelynn (2,406) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s67#5,321 (1988)#7,802
1990s428#2,023 (1997)#3,308
2000s1,467#961 (2009)#1,645
2010s2,406#907 (2012)#1,085
2020s684#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.

Kaelynn in 2012

girls
#907
288 births · 1 in 6,115 girls

Top girls' names in 2012

  1. #1Sophia22,336
  2. #2Emma20,976
  3. #3Isabella19,138
  4. #4Olivia17,333
  5. #5Ava15,549
  6. #6Emily13,666
  7. #7Abigail12,730
  8. #8Mia12,039
  9. #9Madison11,417
  10. #10Elizabeth9,730
  11. #907Kaelynn288
More about 2012

girls

1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 6,115 of them was named Kaelynn, which outranked 95.4% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kaelynn
  1. #904Dallas289
  2. #904Lillyana289
  3. #904Sariyah289
  4. #907Kaelynn288
  5. #907America288
  6. #907Jaqueline288
  7. #910Emmalynn287
  8. #910Ingrid287
  9. #910Leona287

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2011
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,327Cataleya#4,807 → #480
  2. ↑ 1,931Adley#2,664 → #733
  3. ↑ 917Litzy#1,515 → #598
  4. ↑ 784Kenia#1,427 → #643
  5. ↑ 580Monroe#1,531 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 429Jaden#979 → #1,408
  2. ↓ 365Payten#994 → #1,359
  3. ↓ 326Yamilet#925 → #1,251
  4. ↓ 316Shaniya#915 → #1,231
  5. ↓ 264Shania#898 → #1,162

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2012 →