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Kalyn

#6,216 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Variant of Kaylyn

Kalyn has been given to 7,793 babies in the U.S. since 1956. In 2025 it ranked #6,216 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1993, with 354 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 95% girls, 5% boys all-time.

Babies named Kalyn, 2025

1 in 174,000

Kalyn over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Kalyn over time

In 2025, Kalyn went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19562025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Kalyn: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Kaylyn

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kalyn means

Kalyn is a variant of Kaylyn.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Kaylyn.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 7,412 girls were recorded with the name Kalyn between 1956 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 354 in 1993; its best national rank was #628 in 1994.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,817 in 2020 to #6,216 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,365 in 2015 to #6,216 in 2025.

In the United States, 381 boys were recorded with the name Kalyn between 1983 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 25 in 1995; its best national rank was #2,880 in 1995.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Kalyn?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 174,000
19 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 84,600
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#6,216
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
120,943 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kalyn sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 120,943 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kalyn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kalyns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kalyn was born before 1998 — so the typical Kalyn is around 27 today.

Median birth year
1998
About 27 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
37.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
40.1%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
7,412
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Choose a decade

1990s — 37.9% of all recorded uses (2,807).

Is Kalyn rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−344
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,399
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−3,851
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.24×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
5.4%
Peak was 1993 (354)
Years since peak
32
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
20.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#628
1994

Spellings of Kalyn

Kalyn is not the most common spelling — Karen is, with 45.0% against Kalyn's 0.34%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Kalyn is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Kalyn was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 14,286 girls, against 1 in 28,332 across all states with data. It was least common in West Virginia (1 in —).

07 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in 14,286
  2. 2Georgia1 in 14,286
  3. 3Louisiana1 in 14,286
  4. 4Oklahoma1 in 14,286
  5. 5Alabama1 in 16,667
  6. 6Texas1 in 16,667
  7. 7Arkansas1 in 20,000
  8. 8Indiana1 in 20,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kalyn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Kalyn is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Kalyn was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 3,486,540 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kalyn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kalyn around the world

Where Kalyn ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2007–2009
    #5,556
    in 2009
  • Canada
    1991–2009
    #3,263
    in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Kalyn by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#6,216
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,399
Best rank ever
#628
1994
Peak year
1993
354 that year
First recorded
1956
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
7,412
Count in 2025
19

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,880
1995
Peak year
1995
25 that year
First recorded
1983
Last recorded
2022
All-time count
381
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Kalyn

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

KallynKaliaKalliKalieKaleaKaleyKaleeKalaKalaniKaleahKallieKalinaKaleiKalynnKalenKallyJalynAilynKalenaKaliahEllynKaliyahMarlynKali

Names with a curve like Kalyn

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Kalyn, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

YesseniaAllyssaGabrielCaylaAlysaVanesaCarliViridianaKaelaKatelinAlyssiaAlexandrea

Sibling names for Kalyn

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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