Kalynn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAY-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Kalynn is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Kalynn mean?
Modern: spelling of Kalyn, itself a spelling of Kaylin, Kay + Lynn
A spelling of Kaylin, a modern blend of Kay and Lynn.
Meaning borrowed from Kalyn.
Is Kalynn a girl's or a boy's name?
Kalynn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kalynn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Kalynn, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,261st. Its busiest year was 2008, with 145 girls. It first appears in the records in 1955.
2025 had fewer girls named Kalynn than any year since 1984.
Half of all the girls named Kalynn in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kalynn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 33 | #4,241 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,261 |
| 2019 | 33 | #4,259 |
| 2018 | 53 | #3,049 |
| 2017 | 49 | #3,247 |
| 2016 | 50 | #3,229 |
| 2015 | 85 | #2,209 |
| 2014 | 85 | #2,213 |
| 2013 | 109 | #1,849 |
| 2012 | 95 | #2,028 |
| 2011 | 101 | #1,953 |
| 2010 | 97 | #2,043 |
| 2009 | 135 | #1,650 |
| 2008 | 145 | #1,573 |
| 2007 | 132 | #1,672 |
| 2006 | 121 | #1,722 |
| 2005 | 121 | #1,644 |
| 2004 | 112 | #1,725 |
| 2003 | 110 | #1,719 |
| 2002 | 92 | #1,913 |
| 2001 | 95 | #1,847 |
| 2000 | 126 | #1,454 |
| 1999 | 104 | #1,610 |
| 1998 | 123 | #1,390 |
| 1997 | 113 | #1,454 |
| 1996 | 133 | #1,294 |
| 1995 | 135 | #1,251 |
| 1994 | 113 | #1,413 |
| 1993 | 114 | #1,417 |
| 1992 | 108 | #1,459 |
| 1991 | 80 | #1,773 |
| 1990 | 81 | #1,777 |
| 1989 | 77 | #1,746 |
| 1988 | 71 | #1,767 |
| 1987 | 56 | #1,990 |
| 1986 | 41 | #2,419 |
| 1985 | 32 | #2,859 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 20 | #3,805 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,841 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,271 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
Names like Kalynn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynn, Teagan, Kaylynn, Kaitlyn, Cassidy, Braelynn, Kayden, Raelynn, Keegan, Devyn, Brooklyn, Kaylee
Names related to Kalynn
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani
Sources
Figures from 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, “Kalynn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kalynn, updated 20 October 2026.