girls:
14k births since 1981
#1308 (77th percentile)
boys:
116 births since 1998
#4470 (2nd percentile)
overall:
14.1k births since 1981
#2209 (71st percentile)
The name Kailyn is the #2,209 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 14,080 recorded births since 1981. This represents the 71.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 71.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,308 (77.1% percentile) for all time with 13,964 births since 1981. For boys, it ranks #4,470 (2.5% percentile) for all time with 116 births since 1998.
Kailyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1981 (1981 for girls and 1998 for boys).
The name Kailyn has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 93.9% of babies named Kailyn were girls.
For girls, Kailyn reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 61.0% percentile (ranked #367) with 409 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 409 births per million (ranked 61.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kailyn ranks #798 for girls (15.8% percentile) with 88 births per million, which is 21.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kailyn reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #870) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kailyn ranks #906 for boys (0.5% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 73.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kailyn".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kailyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 79.5% confident that Kailyn is pronounced as KAY-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAY-luhn, at 20.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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