girls:
5k births since 1937
#2390 (58th percentile)
overall:
5k births since 1937
#3860 (50th percentile)
The name Kaylene is the #3,860 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,997 recorded births since 1937. This represents the 50.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 50.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,390 (58.2% percentile) for all time with 4,997 births since 1937.
Kaylene first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1937 (first recorded for girls in 1937). Birth data for Kaylene is available in 86 out of the 87 years between 1937 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, Kaylene reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 22.2% percentile (ranked #673) with 100 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 100 births per million (ranked 22.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kaylene ranks #887 for girls (6.3% percentile) with 37 births per million, which is 37.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kaylene".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Kaylene", 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 Kaylene. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 61.0% confident that Kaylene is pronounced as KAY-leen, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kay-LEEN, at 31.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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