girls:
228 births since 2000
#5488 (4th percentile)
boys:
328 births since 2003
#4258 (7th percentile)
overall:
556 births since 2000
#7183 (7th percentile)
The name Kaydyn is the #7,183 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 556 recorded births since 2000. This represents the 7.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,258 (7.1% percentile) for all time with 328 births since 2003. For girls, it ranks #5,488 (4.0% percentile) for all time with 228 births since 2000.
Kaydyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2000 (2000 for girls and 2003 for boys). Birth data for Kaydyn is available in 23 out of the 24 years between 2000 and 2023 (19 years for boys and 18 years for girls). 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 Kaydyn has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (59.0% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Kaydyn were boys. Interestingly, until around 2012, the name was more popular for girls (56.0% girls from 2000 to 2011), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (72.8% boys from 2012 to 2023).
For boys, Kaydyn reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 2.7% percentile (ranked #877) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kaydyn ranks #903 for boys (0.9% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 51.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Kaydyn reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #940) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2019.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kaydyn".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Kaydyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 50.0% confident that Kaydyn is pronounced as KAY-dihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAY-duhn, at 38.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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