girls:
248 births since 1937
#5468 (4th percentile)
boys:
36 births since 2010
#4550 (1st percentile)
overall:
284 births since 1937
#7455 (4th percentile)
The name Kenlyn is the #7,455 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 284 recorded births since 1937. This represents the 3.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,468 (4.3% percentile) for all time with 248 births since 1937. For boys, it ranks #4,550 (0.7% percentile) for all time with 36 births since 2010.
Kenlyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1937 (1937 for girls and 2010 for boys). Birth data for Kenlyn is available in 31 out of the 86 years between 1937 and 2022 (31 years for girls and 6 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 Kenlyn has been given predominantly to girls, with 87.3% of all recorded births being female. In 2022, 100.0% of babies named Kenlyn were girls.
For girls, Kenlyn reached its peak popularity in 1937, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #573) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 1937, with 13 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
For boys, Kenlyn reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #898) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kenlyn".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kenlyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 89.5% confident that Kenlyn is pronounced as KEHN-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEHN-leen, at 10.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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