Kaylin
- #1,643 for girls in 2025, 126 births
- #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
- Given to girls 96.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2009 · 866 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 19,307since 1953
Kaylin over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Kaylin has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,643 | 126 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2024 | #1,425 | 156 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #1,500 | 144 | #5,666 | 16 |
| 2022 | #1,251 | 192 | #6,828 | 12 |
| 2021 | #1,138 | 216 | #5,776 | 15 |
| 2020 | #1,145 | 207 | #8,739 | 8 |
| 2019 | #994 | 260 | #6,777 | 12 |
| 2018 | #937 | 285 | #7,136 | 11 |
| 2017 | #932 | 283 | #8,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | #796 | 357 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #618 | 467 | #5,999 | 14 |
| 2014 | #545 | 567 | #5,066 | 18 |
| 2013 | #459 | 664 | #5,659 | 15 |
| 2012 | #468 | 666 | #3,530 | 30 |
| 2011 | #409 | 772 | #4,221 | 23 |
| 2010 | #396 | 807 | #4,366 | 22 |
| 2009 | #371 | 866 | #4,429 | 22 |
| 2008 | #377 | 869 | #4,714 | 20 |
| 2007 | #379 | 868 | #3,893 | 26 |
| 2006 | #402 | 799 | #4,675 | 19 |
| 2005 | #416 | 751 | #4,824 | 17 |
| 2004 | #436 | 699 | #4,129 | 21 |
| 2003 | #442 | 677 | #5,271 | 14 |
| 2002 | #478 | 587 | #4,703 | 16 |
| 2001 | #445 | 625 | #4,302 | 18 |
| 2000 | #449 | 632 | #5,040 | 14 |
| 1999 | #444 | 602 | #4,762 | 14 |
| 1998 | #441 | 586 | #2,851 | 28 |
| 1997 | #432 | 593 | #4,059 | 16 |
| 1996 | #483 | 496 | #2,590 | 29 |
| 1995 | #467 | 541 | #3,100 | 22 |
| 1994 | #532 | 462 | #2,766 | 26 |
| 1993 | #568 | 419 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1992 | #677 | 324 | #3,459 | 18 |
| 1991 | #704 | 301 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #718 | 292 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #781 | 247 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #858 | 208 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #986 | 159 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #1,304 | 102 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,401 | 91 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,583 | 71 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,770 | 60 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,901 | 31 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,625 | 22 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 | — | |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | — | |
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| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | — | |
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| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | — | |
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| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | — | |
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| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | — | |
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| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1953
The first year at least five girls were named Kaylin! It came in at #5,673, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1953–1955, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kaylin is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Louisiana#776 · 1 in 3,274
- Missouri#811 · 1 in 4,050
- Pennsylvania#1,015 · 1 in 5,836
- Indiana#1,032 · 1 in 5,582
- Georgia#1,075 · 1 in 5,651
Best ever in a state: #139 in Hawaii, 2001.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #776 | 5 | 1 in 3,274 |
| Missouri | #811 | 6 | 1 in 4,050 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,015 | 8 | 1 in 5,836 |
| Indiana | #1,032 | 5 | 1 in 5,582 |
| Georgia | #1,075 | 8 | 1 in 5,651 |
| Virginia | #1,180 | 5 | 1 in 6,748 |
| Texas | #1,532 | 15 | 1 in 10,703 |
| New York | #1,830 | 6 | 1 in 13,055 |
| Florida | #1,887 | 6 | 1 in 14,460 |
| California | #2,093 | 9 | 1 in 17,969 |
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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 Kaylin
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 498 spots since 2020 (#1,145 → #1,643)
- Biggest jump: 318 spots in 1987
- Biggest drop: 178 spots in 2016
Rise & fade · girls
56 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1953
- Peaked 2009 at #371 (866 births)
- Births halved by 2016, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 33 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1987–2019
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,121
- Highest: 1 in 2,121 girls born in 2009 were named Kaylin (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 12,756 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 38.2% of all girls named Kaylin (7,373) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 11 | #5,325 (1956) | #5,499 |
| 1960s | 65 | #3,958 (1969) | #5,140 |
| 1970s | 69 | #4,626 (1979) | #6,464 |
| 1980s | 1,004 | #781 (1989) | #2,045 |
| 1990s | 4,616 | #432 (1997) | #547 |
| 2000s | 7,373 | #371 (2009) | #420 |
| 2010s | 5,128 | #396 (2010) | #655 |
| 2020s | 1,041 | #1,138 (2021) | #1,350 |
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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