Kalyn
- #6,116 for girls in 2025, 19 births
- Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330
- Given to girls 95.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1994 · 350 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,412since 1956
Kalyn over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Kalyn has never cracked the top 600 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,116 | 19 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,799 | 21 | — | |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,638 | 22 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #5,955 | 20 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,757 | 27 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,072 | 35 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #4,144 | 34 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,552 | 43 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,379 | 47 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,351 | 78 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #2,412 | 75 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | #1,990 | 98 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #1,955 | 100 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,690 | 124 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #1,367 | 170 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2009 | #1,174 | 214 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #1,207 | 211 | #6,393 | 13 |
| 2007 | #1,189 | 213 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #1,120 | 223 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | #1,032 | 234 | #5,875 | 13 |
| 2004 | #982 | 242 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | #1,008 | 229 | #8,643 | 7 |
| 2002 | #923 | 242 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #925 | 240 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #860 | 256 | #5,040 | 14 |
| 1999 | #838 | 258 | #5,656 | 11 |
| 1998 | #812 | 262 | #5,159 | 12 |
| 1997 | #785 | 265 | #3,351 | 21 |
| 1996 | #773 | 271 | #3,678 | 18 |
| 1995 | #754 | 270 | #2,847 | 25 |
| 1994 | #628 | 350 | #3,911 | 16 |
| 1993 | #633 | 354 | #3,661 | 17 |
| 1992 | #759 | 275 | #3,459 | 18 |
| 1991 | #759 | 271 | #4,005 | 14 |
| 1990 | #849 | 231 | #3,607 | 16 |
| 1989 | #825 | 230 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #872 | 202 | #3,523 | 14 |
| 1987 | #920 | 180 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #1,136 | 127 | #3,440 | 13 |
| 1985 | #1,350 | 97 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,355 | 88 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #1,565 | 71 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #2,185 | 46 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,342 | 42 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,069 | 28 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,052 | 18 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,777 | 19 | — | |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,963 | 16 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,373 | 19 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,148 | 16 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,050 | 17 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 | — | |
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| 1958 | #3,747 | 11 | — | |
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| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1956
The first year at least five girls were named Kalyn! It came in at #5,325, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1957, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Kalyn is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Kalyn in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kalyn
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 1,359 spots since 2020 (#4,757 → #6,116)
- Biggest jump: 216 spots in 1987
- Biggest drop: 126 spots in 1995
Rise & fade · girls
38 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1956
- Peaked 1994 at #628 (350 births)
- Births halved by 2010, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1987–2002
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,102
- Highest: 1 in 5,102 girls born in 1994 were named Kalyn (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 84,593 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 37.9% of all girls named Kalyn (2,807) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 17 | #3,747 (1958) | #4,536 |
| 1960s | 115 | #3,050 (1965) | #3,875 |
| 1970s | 135 | #3,373 (1971) | #4,810 |
| 1980s | 1,111 | #825 (1989) | #1,562 |
| 1990s | 2,807 | #628 (1994) | #759 |
| 2000s | 2,304 | #860 (2000) | #1,042 |
| 2010s | 804 | #1,367 (2010) | #2,691 |
| 2020s | 119 | #4,757 (2020) | #6,314 |
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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