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Kaylin

#1,644 in 2025Girls' name

Variant of Kaylyn

Kaylin has been given to 19,934 babies in the U.S. since 1953. In 2025 it ranked #1,644 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2008, with 869 recorded.

Babies named Kaylin, 2025

1 in 26,300

Kaylin over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
02505007501K18801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kaylin: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Kaylyn

coinages

What Kaylin means

Kaylin is a variant of Kaylyn.

Origin, language, and formation

Kaylin is used in English. Its origins include coinages.

Kaylin is a modern formation.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Kaylyn.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 19,307 girls were recorded with the name Kaylin between 1953 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 869 in 2008; its best national rank was #371 in 2009.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,147 in 2020 to #1,644 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #620 in 2015 to #1,644 in 2025.

In the United States, 627 boys were recorded with the name Kaylin between 1987 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 30 in 2012; its best national rank was #2,644 in 1996.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #9,145 in 2020 to #10,195 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,146 in 2015 to #10,195 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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Kaylin?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 26,300
126 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 12,800
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,644
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
18,238 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kaylin 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 5002%

Put another way: gather 18,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kaylin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kaylins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kaylin was born before 2005 — so the typical Kaylin is around 20 today.

Median birth year
2005
About 20 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
38.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
66.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
19,307
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 38.2% of all recorded uses (7,373).

Is Kaylin 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
−216
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−497
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,024
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.27×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
14.5%
Peak was 2008 (869)
Years since peak
17
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
10.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#371
2009

Spellings of Kaylin

Kaylin is not the most common spelling — Kayla is, with 29.8% against Kaylin's 1.7%.

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 Kaylin is used

Across 2016–2025, Kaylin was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 3,333 girls, against 1 in 7,290 across all states with data. It was least common in Oklahoma (1 in 33,333).

330 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 3,333
  2. 2Georgia1 in 4,167
  3. 3North Carolina1 in 5,000
  4. 4South Carolina1 in 5,000
  5. 5Virginia1 in 5,000
  6. 6Missouri1 in 5,556
  7. 7Florida1 in 5,882
  8. 8Maryland1 in 5,882

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.

Kaylin around the world

Where Kaylin 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
    1999–2025
    #3,035
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2001–2014
    #537
    in 2014
  • Ireland
    2002–2012
    #907
    in 2012
  • France
    2016–2021
    #5,391
    in 2021
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #3,027
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1968–2011
    #514
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Kaylin

People whose public names include Kaylin, 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.

Kaylin by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,644
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 497
Best rank ever
#371
2009
Peak year
2008
869 that year
First recorded
1953
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
19,307
Count in 2025
126

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#10,195
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,050
Best rank ever
#2,644
1996
Peak year
2012
30 that year
First recorded
1987
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
627
Count in 2025
7

Names similar to Kaylin

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

KaytlinKaylieKaylynKayceeKayleyKaydenKaylenKaylahKaylynnKaylaniKaylanKaydenceKayleenKayliKayleaKayeKayleeJaylinKaycieKaydeeKayleighKayleneKayaAylin

Names with a curve like Kaylin

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

KieraKileyKaileyCarleeKarleeMadalynKaileeJulissaPerlaHayleeHaileeJazmyn

Sibling names for Kaylin

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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