girls:
321 births since 1968
#5395 (6th percentile)
boys:
472 births since 1981
#4114 (10th percentile)
overall:
793 births since 1968
#6946 (10th percentile)
The name Kelin is the #6,946 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 793 recorded births since 1968. This represents the 10.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,114 (10.2% percentile) for all time with 472 births since 1981. For girls, it ranks #5,395 (5.6% percentile) for all time with 321 births since 1968.
Kelin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1968 (1968 for girls and 1981 for boys). Birth data for Kelin is available in 42 out of the 54 years between 1968 and 2021 (37 years for boys and 35 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 Kelin has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (59.5% of all recorded births). In 2021, 50.0% of babies named Kelin were boys. Interestingly, until around 1985, the name was more popular for girls (66.7% girls from 1968 to 1984), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (61.7% boys from 1985 to 2021).
For boys, Kelin reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 2.9% percentile (ranked #850) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
For girls, Kelin reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #971) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kelin".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Kelin is pronounced as KEH-lihn, which has 2 syllables.
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