girls:
3.7k births since 1955
#2858 (50th percentile)
boys:
33 births since 1988
#4553 (1st percentile)
overall:
3.7k births since 1955
#4520 (42nd percentile)
The name Kalynn is the #4,520 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,684 recorded births since 1955. This represents the 41.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 41.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,858 (50.0% percentile) for all time with 3,651 births since 1955. For boys, it ranks #4,553 (0.7% percentile) for all time with 33 births since 1988.
Kalynn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1955 (1955 for girls and 1988 for boys). Birth data for Kalynn is available in 64 out of the 69 years between 1955 and 2023 (64 years for girls and 5 years for boys). 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.
The name Kalynn has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.1% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Kalynn reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 15.3% percentile (ranked #719) with 70 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 70 births per million (ranked 15.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2009, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kalynn ranks #929 for girls (1.9% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 18.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kalynn reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #795) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1995.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kalynn".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Kalynn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.5% confident that Kalynn is pronounced as kuh-LIHN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAY-lihn, at 30.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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