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Kailyn

Gender
Girl
Say it
KAY-lin
Origin
Modern
US rank, 2025
#1,818 for girls

Kailyn is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,818th for girls in the US (110 babies).

Where does Kailyn come from?

Modern: blend of Kay and Lyn

More on Wiktionary.

Is Kailyn a girl's or a boy's name?

Kailyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 110 girls and 8 boys in the US.

How popular is Kailyn in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 19 girls.

Half of all the girls named Kailyn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

1997Busiest: 19 in 20112024
Kailyn in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20244#4,907
20230–
20220–
20210–
20202#7,238
20191#7,346
20181#7,536
20174#4,967
20162#7,579
20155#4,294
20146#3,702
201312#2,309
20126#3,881
201119#1,629
201013#2,103
20099#2,695
20085#4,065
20078#2,790
20063#5,259
20052#6,264
20046#2,957
20031#5,865
20020–
20010–
20000–
19991#5,182
19980–
19971#5,110

How popular is Kailyn in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,818th among girls
Babies in 2025
110 about 1 in 15,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 43% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 110 girls in the US were named Kailyn, making it the 1,818th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,196th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 793 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981. 8 boys were also named Kailyn in 2025 (8,906th for boys).

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 14 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Kailyn than any year since 1990.

Half of all the girls named Kailyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,087 girls in the US were given Kailyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #305, up from #1,818 for this spelling alone.

1981Busiest: 793 in 20112025
Kailyn in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025110#1,818
2024133#1,579
2023155#1,439
2022158#1,422
2021180#1,280
2020193#1,196
2019247#1,036
2018264#992
2017298#899
2016355#801
2015436#659
2014606#512
2013609#492
2012623#493
2011793#397
2010696#443
2009706#447
2008706#446
2007663#491
2006626#492
2005583#511
2004533#533
2003499#552
2002438#589
2001399#627
2000431#593
1999389#619
1998355#649
1997306#704
1996295#715
1995246#805
1994246#818
1993212#907
1992160#1,111
1991120#1,354
199093#1,601
1989103#1,432
198870#1,786
198757#1,961
198640#2,469
198529#3,083
198417#4,317
198316#4,475
198211#5,909
19816#9,108

Nicknames for Kailyn

Names like Kailyn

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Kailyn

Names related to Kailyn

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Kailyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kailyn, updated 20 October 2026.