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Kayleen

Gender
Girl
Say it
kay-LEEN
Origin
Modern
US rank, 2025
#2,514 for girls

Kayleen is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,514th for girls in the US (70 babies).

What does Kayleen mean?

Modern: blend of Kay and the Irish-style ending -leen

Formed like Kathleen and Eileen, with the -leen ending added to Kay; sometimes linked to Irish Caoilfhionn.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Kayleen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 70 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Kayleen in the US?

Rank in 2025
2,514th among girls
Babies in 2025
70 about 1 in 23,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 29% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 70 girls in the US were named Kayleen, making it the 2,514th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,769th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 284 girls. It first appears in the records in 1934.

Half of all the girls named Kayleen in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 145 girls in the US were given Kayleen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,301, up from #2,514 for this spelling alone.

1934Busiest: 284 in 20102025
Kayleen in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202570#2,514
202469#2,559
2023136#1,557
2022141#1,521
2021143#1,487
2020112#1,769
2019140#1,540
2018137#1,577
2017134#1,614
2016163#1,420
2015177#1,337
2014216#1,151
2013228#1,082
2012239#1,053
2011230#1,070
2010284#915
2009271#980
2008227#1,133
2007215#1,180
2006214#1,143
2005201#1,154
2004191#1,174
2003207#1,070
2002157#1,257
2001139#1,367
2000144#1,316
1999122#1,429
1998143#1,263
1997145#1,230
1996124#1,356
1995146#1,173
1994158#1,130
1993163#1,102
1992119#1,378
1991139#1,225
1990101#1,519
1989113#1,351
198897#1,426
1987100#1,362
198673#1,619
198564#1,759
198463#1,726
198357#1,838
198243#2,288
198142#2,342
198029#3,002
197924#3,333
197831#2,680
197721#3,485
197637#2,255
197522#3,155
197429#2,556
197327#2,629
197225#2,747
197129#2,542
197035#2,240
196940#1,980
196850#1,625
196738#1,905
196645#1,669
196540#1,801
196459#1,470
196351#1,579
196257#1,476
196147#1,639
196034#1,952
195943#1,671
195840#1,702
195749#1,530
195648#1,532
195537#1,690
195436#1,701
195337#1,621
195233#1,712
195133#1,664
195028#1,793
194935#1,563
194818#2,328
194726#1,896
194624#1,859
194522#1,794
194424#1,697
194324#1,750
194215#2,310
194114#2,271
194010#2,736
19399#2,920
19386#3,845
19376#3,798
19360–
19355#4,202
19346#3,800

Nicknames for Kayleen

Names like Kayleen

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

Brynn, Teagan, Raelynn, Kaitlyn, Eden, Brooklyn, Kenna, Kayden, Reagan, Kylie, Cassidy, Kendall

Other spellings of Kayleen

Kaylene, Kaileen, Kailene

Names related to Kayleen

Kaylani, Kaylin, Kaelyn, Kaylynn, Kaylen, Kaelynn, Kaylyn, Kaylanie

More Modern names

Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani

Every Modern name

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, “Kayleen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kayleen, updated 20 October 2026.