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
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Kalyn has never cracked the top 600 here.
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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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 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#506 · 1 in 3,756
- Ohio#697 · 1 in 7,549
- Louisiana#736 · 1 in 5,639
- Florida#756 · 1 in 6,643
- Texas#1,020 · 1 in 10,128
Best ever in a state: #185 in Mississippi, 1999.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #506 | 5 | 1 in 3,756 |
| Ohio | #697 | 9 | 1 in 7,549 |
| Louisiana | #736 | 5 | 1 in 5,639 |
| Florida | #756 | 10 | 1 in 6,643 |
| Texas | #1,020 | 13 | 1 in 10,128 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,043 | 5 | 1 in 13,746 |
| Illinois | #1,097 | 6 | 1 in 11,823 |
| California | #1,663 | 10 | 1 in 20,770 |
| New York | #1,757 | 5 | 1 in 21,698 |
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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 Kalyn
- 317 spots since 2024 (#5,799 → #6,116)
- 1,359 spots since 2020 (#4,757 → #6,116)
- 3,765 spots since 2015 (#2,351 → #6,116)
- Biggest jump: 216 spots in 1987 (#1,136 → #920)
- Biggest drop: 126 spots in 1995 (#628 → #754)
- Debuted 1956
- Peaked 1994 at #628 (350 births)
- Births halved by 2010, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1987–2002
- 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%)
- 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.
Kalyn in 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 13,508 of them was named Kalyn, which outranked 91.1% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,129Mildred128
- #1,129Sarai128
- #1,129Thomas128
- #1,136Kalyn127
- #1,136Kiersten127
- #1,136Layla127
- #1,136Porsche127
- #1,141Nicki126
- #1,142Cassi125
- #1,142Colby125
Tied with 4 names at #1,136; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 141,655 of them was named Kalyn, which outranked 56.1% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,268Yasser14
- #3,268Yeng14
- #3,268Yu14
- #3,440Kalyn13
- #3,440Abrahim13
- #3,440Adrienne13
- #3,440Ahren13
- #3,653Abrahan12
- #3,653Adeel12
- #3,653Ahron12
Tied with 212 names at #3,440; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.