girls:
7.9k births since 1934
#1837 (68th percentile)
overall:
7.9k births since 1934
#3047 (61st percentile)
The name Kayleen is the #3,047 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 7,854 recorded births since 1934. This represents the 60.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 60.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,837 (67.9% percentile) for all time with 7,854 births since 1934.
Kayleen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1934 (first recorded for girls in 1934). Birth data for Kayleen is available in 89 out of the 90 years between 1934 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Kayleen reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 29.4% percentile (ranked #667) with 145 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 145 births per million (ranked 29.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kayleen ranks #816 for girls (13.8% percentile) with 78 births per million, which is 53.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kayleen".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Kayleen", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 67 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Kaylin" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Kaylin..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Kayleen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.2% confident that Kayleen is pronounced as KAY-leen, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAY-LEEN, at 21.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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