Kailyn

Where Kailyn comes from

The dictionaries list Kailyn as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1981
    First appearance
    #9,110 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2002
    Kailyn Dudukovich born
    American soccer player
  3. 2011
    Peak, #397
    793 babies named Kailyn — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2016
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #801.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Kailyn Dudukovich · American soccer player, born 2002

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.