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Kaylen

#2,796 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Variant of Caelan

Kaylen has been given to 8,504 babies in the U.S. since 1949. In 2025 it ranked #2,796 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2009, with 425 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 84% girls, 16% boys all-time.

Babies named Kaylen, 2025

1 in 54,300

Kaylen over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Kaylen went to 63% girls and 37% boys.

19492025

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.

Kaylen: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Caelan

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kaylen means

Kaylen is a variant of Caelan.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Caelan.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 7,150 girls were recorded with the name Kaylen between 1949 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 425 in 2009; its best national rank was #688 in 2009.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,875 in 2020 to #2,796 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,194 in 2015 to #2,796 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,354 boys were recorded with the name Kaylen between 1983 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 64 in 2009; its best national rank was #2,129 in 2009.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,784 in 2020 to #3,274 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,740 in 2015 to #3,274 in 2025.

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 Kaylen?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 54,300
61 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 26,300
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#2,796
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
37,672 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kaylen 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 37,672 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kaylen. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kaylens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kaylen was born before 2007 — so the typical Kaylen is around 18 today.

Median birth year
2007
About 18 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
39.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
74.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
7,145
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 39.5% of all recorded uses (2,821).

Is Kaylen 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
+562
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−921
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,602
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.29×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
14.4%
Peak was 2009 (425)
Years since peak
16
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
13.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#688
2009

Spellings of Kaylen

Kaylen is not the most common spelling — Karen is, with 42.2% against Kaylen's 0.31%.

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 Kaylen is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Kaylen was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 9,091 girls, against 1 in 17,871 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).

111 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 9,091
  2. 2South Carolina1 in 9,091
  3. 3North Carolina1 in 10,000
  4. 4Alabama1 in 12,500
  5. 5Texas1 in 12,500
  6. 6Mississippi1 in 14,286
  7. 7California1 in 16,667
  8. 8Florida1 in 16,667

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.

Where Kaylen is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Kaylen was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 360,921 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in 100,000
  2. 2Georgia1 in 100,000
  3. 3California1 in —
  4. 4Illinois1 in —
  5. 5Maryland1 in —
  6. 6Michigan1 in —
  7. 7Missouri1 in —
  8. 8Mississippi1 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. Kaylen has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kaylen around the world

Where Kaylen 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
    1998–2016
    #5,785
    in 2016
  • Ireland
    1998–1998
    #498
    in 1998
  • Canada
    1991–2018
    #3,384
    in 2018
  • South Australia
    1997–2012
    #871
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Kaylen

People whose public names include Kaylen, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Kaylen by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,796
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 921
Best rank ever
#688
2009
Peak year
2009
425 that year
First recorded
1949
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
7,150
Count in 2025
61

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,274
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 490
Best rank ever
#2,129
2009
Peak year
2009
64 that year
First recorded
1983
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,354
Count in 2025
36

Names similar to Kaylen

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

KaylahKaydenKayleyKayceeKaylanKaylynKayliKayleaKayleenKaylinKaycieKaydeeKayleneKaylieKayleiKaylaniKaylynnKayleHellenMarlenKayceJaylenKayshaKaytlyn

Names with a curve like Kaylen

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

NatalyaEmmaleeCailynHeidyCarleighKendylHayleighJakaylaJaceyAreliShayleeYoselin

Sibling names for Kaylen

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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