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Kalynn

#7,299 in 2025Girls' name

Variant of Kaylyn

Kalynn has been given to 3,722 babies in the U.S. since 1955. In 2025 it ranked #7,299 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2008, with 145 recorded.

Babies named Kalynn, 2025

1 in 221,000

Kalynn over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kalynn: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Kaylyn

coinages

What Kalynn means

Kalynn is a variant of Kaylyn.

Origin, language, and formation

Kalynn is used in English. Its origins include coinages.

Kalynn is a modern formation.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Kaylyn.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,689 girls were recorded with the name Kalynn between 1955 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 145 in 2008; its best national rank was #1,254 in 1995.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,309 in 2020 to #7,299 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,225 in 2015 to #7,299 in 2025.

In the United States, 33 boys were recorded with the name Kalynn between 1988 and 1995. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1995; its best national rank was #5,699 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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Kalynn?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 221,000
15 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 107,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#7,299
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
153,194 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kalynn 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 153,194 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kalynn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kalynns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kalynn was born before 2002 — so the typical Kalynn is around 23 today.

Median birth year
2002
About 23 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
32.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
53.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,689
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Choose a decade

2000s — 32.2% of all recorded uses (1,189).

Is Kalynn 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
−1,777
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,990
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−5,074
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.18×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
10.3%
Peak was 2008 (145)
Years since peak
17
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,254
1995

Spellings of Kalynn

Kalynn is not the most common spelling — Lynn is, with 32.4% against Kalynn's 0.66%.

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 Kalynn is used

Across 1910–2025, Kalynn was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 33,333 girls, against 1 in 79,650 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 33,333
  2. 2Florida1 in 50,000
  3. 3Georgia1 in 50,000
  4. 4Indiana1 in 50,000
  5. 5Louisiana1 in 50,000
  6. 6Missouri1 in 50,000
  7. 7Ohio1 in 50,000
  8. 8Alabama1 in 100,000

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. Kalynn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kalynn around the world

Where Kalynn 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.

  • Canada
    1991–2003
    #2,681
    in 2003

Popularity data from Statistics Canada. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Kalynn by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#7,299
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,990
Best rank ever
#1,254
1995
Peak year
2008
145 that year
First recorded
1955
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,689
Count in 2025
15

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#5,699
1995
Peak year
1995
10 that year
First recorded
1988
Last recorded
1995
All-time count
33
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Kalynn

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

KalinaKaleahKalenaKaliahKaleeKalayaKaleaKalaniKalieKalliKalilaKalistaKaleiaKaliyaKaliaKallieRilynnKaleenaKaleiRylynnKaliseKalynJolynnJalynn

Names with a curve like Kalynn

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

KayleKlarissaCalliAlexiCailinKalliAleaJessalynKristianaBiankaDeisyNatali

Sibling names for Kalynn

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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