girls:
4.9k births since 1982
#2432 (57th percentile)
overall:
4.9k births since 1982
#3907 (50th percentile)
The name Kaelynn is the #3,907 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,872 recorded births since 1982. This represents the 49.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 49.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,432 (57.4% percentile) for all time with 4,872 births since 1982.
Kaelynn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1982 (first recorded for girls in 1982). Birth data for Kaelynn is available in 41 out of the 42 years between 1982 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Kaelynn reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 30.0% percentile (ranked #656) with 148 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 148 births per million (ranked 30.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kaelynn ranks #860 for girls (9.2% percentile) with 53 births per million, which is 35.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kaelynn".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kaelynn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 76.5% confident that Kaelynn is pronounced as KAY-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAY-leen, at 23.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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