girls:
242 births since 2002
#5474 (4th percentile)
boys:
316 births since 1997
#4270 (7th percentile)
overall:
558 births since 1997
#7181 (7th percentile)
The name Keylen is the #7,181 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 558 recorded births since 1997. This represents the 7.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,270 (6.8% percentile) for all time with 316 births since 1997. For girls, it ranks #5,474 (4.2% percentile) for all time with 242 births since 2002.
Keylen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1997 (1997 for boys and 2002 for girls).
The name Keylen has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (56.6% of all recorded births). In 2023, 65.4% of babies named Keylen were boys.
For boys, Keylen reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #859) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Keylen ranks #899 for boys (1.3% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 94.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Keylen reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #916) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Keylen ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 49.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Keylen".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Keylen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 58.3% confident that Keylen is pronounced as KEE-luhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAY-luhn, at 22.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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