girls:
1.2k births since 1981
#4529 (21st percentile)
boys:
182 births since 1991
#4404 (4th percentile)
overall:
1.4k births since 1981
#6372 (18th percentile)
The name Kailin is the #6,372 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,371 recorded births since 1981. This represents the 17.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 17.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,529 (20.7% percentile) for all time with 1,189 births since 1981. For boys, it ranks #4,404 (3.9% percentile) for all time with 182 births since 1991.
Kailin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1981 (1981 for girls and 1991 for boys).
The name Kailin has been given predominantly to girls, with 86.7% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 52.6% of babies named Kailin were girls.
For girls, Kailin reached its peak popularity in 1997, achieving the 6.0% percentile (ranked #811) with 30 births per million. The name was most common in 1997, with 30 births per million (ranked 6.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kailin ranks #942 for girls (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 19.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kailin reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #771) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kailin is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #907 (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kailin".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kailin. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 84.6% confident that Kailin is pronounced as KAY-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAI-lihn, at 15.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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