girls:
723 births since 1984
#4993 (13th percentile)
boys:
883 births since 1983
#3705 (19th percentile)
overall:
1.6k births since 1983
#6140 (21st percentile)
The name Kailen is the #6,140 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,606 recorded births since 1983. This represents the 20.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 20.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,705 (19.2% percentile) for all time with 883 births since 1983. For girls, it ranks #4,993 (12.6% percentile) for all time with 723 births since 1984.
Kailen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1983 (1983 for boys and 1984 for girls).
The name Kailen is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 84.0% of babies named Kailen were boys.
For boys, Kailen reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 4.1% percentile (ranked #874) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 23 births per million (ranked 4.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kailen is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #874 (4.1% percentile) with 23 births per million.
For girls, Kailen reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 3.7% percentile (ranked #951) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 19 births per million (ranked 3.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kailen ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 23.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kailen".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Kailen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 61.9% confident that Kailen is pronounced as KAY-luhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAI-luhn, at 16.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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