girls:
2k births since 1964
#3855 (33rd percentile)
boys:
215 births since 1980
#4371 (5th percentile)
overall:
2.2k births since 1964
#5616 (27th percentile)
The name Kellyn is the #5,616 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,174 recorded births since 1964. This represents the 27.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 27.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,855 (32.5% percentile) for all time with 1,959 births since 1964. For boys, it ranks #4,371 (4.6% percentile) for all time with 215 births since 1980.
Kellyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1964 (1964 for girls and 1980 for boys). Birth data for Kellyn is available in 52 out of the 60 years between 1964 and 2023 (52 years for girls and 26 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 Kellyn has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 90.1% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 66.7% of babies named Kellyn were girls.
For girls, Kellyn reached its peak popularity in 1985, achieving the 11.5% percentile (ranked #708) with 53 births per million. The name was most common in 1985, with 53 births per million (ranked 11.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kellyn ranks #936 for girls (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 17.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kellyn reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #874) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kellyn ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 46.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kellyn".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Kellyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 62.2% confident that Kellyn is pronounced as KEH-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEH-leen, at 20.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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