Kaylyn
Kaylyn is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Kaylyn
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kaylyn is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Kaylyn
American parents first put Kaylyn on the record books as a baby girl name in 1949, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1997, when 462 Kaylyns were born — ranking #518 that year. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 35% of all recorded Kaylyns. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #2,876 among baby girl names with 58 births, falling sharply (-38%). In total, more than 12K Kaylyns have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1940s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Kaylyn
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Names that sound like Kaylyn
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About the name Kaylyn
Kaylyn is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1949 and has accumulated 12K births in the dataset. Kaylyn's peak popularity came in 1997 when it ranked #518. Use the chart and map above to compare Kaylyn's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.