girls:
78 births since 2010
#5638 (1st percentile)
boys:
181 births since 1994
#4405 (4th percentile)
overall:
259 births since 1994
#7480 (3rd percentile)
The name Kollyn is the #7,480 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 259 recorded births since 1994. This represents the 3.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,405 (3.9% percentile) for all time with 181 births since 1994. For girls, it ranks #5,638 (1.3% percentile) for all time with 78 births since 2010.
Kollyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1994 (1994 for boys and 2010 for girls). Birth data for Kollyn is available in 25 out of the 30 years between 1994 and 2023 (23 years for boys and 8 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 Kollyn has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (69.9% of all recorded births). In 2023, 25.0% of babies named Kollyn were boys. Interestingly, until around 2020, the name was more popular for boys (87.2% boys from 1994 to 2019), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (75.0% girls from 2020 to 2023).
For boys, Kollyn reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #893) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kollyn ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 44.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Kollyn reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #937) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kollyn is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #937 (1.1% percentile) with 9 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kollyn".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Kollyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 42.9% confident that Kollyn is pronounced as KAH-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAW-lihn, at 17.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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