Kylyn
#14,135 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Kylyn has been given to 548 babies in the U.S. since 1991. In 2025 it ranked #14,135 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 20 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 72% girls, 28% boys all-time.
Babies named Kylyn, 2025
1 in 553,000
Kylyn over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Kylyn over time
In 2025, Kylyn went to 38% girls and 62% boys.
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.
How common is Kylyn?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 553,000
- 6 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 268,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #14,135
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 382,984 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Kylyn sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kylyn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Kylyns were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Kylyn was born before 2009 — so the typical Kylyn is around 16 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2000s
- 33.5% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 78.6%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 397
- People you could plausibly meet
2000s — 33.5% of all recorded uses (133).
Is Kylyn 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
- −2,450
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −4,878
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −3,603
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.60×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 30.0%
- Peak was 2016 (20)
- Years since peak
- 9
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 29.1% average annual change
Spellings of Kylyn
Kylyn is not the most common spelling — Kylie is, with 24.8% against Kylyn's 0.08%.
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.
Kylyn by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Kylyn
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Kylyn
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.