Keelyn
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- KEE-lin
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Keelyn is a name of Irish origin, meaning “slender and fair”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Keelyn mean?
Irish: spelling of Keelin, from Caoilfhionn
“slender and fair”
Anglicised from the Irish Caoilfhionn, from caol 'slender' and fionn 'fair'.
Is Keelyn a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Keelyn has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US.
How popular is Keelyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Keelyn, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2010, with 70 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Keelyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 81% of the babies named Keelyn in the US in 2000, and 51% in 2020.
Keelyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,608 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 32 | #4,422 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 32 | #4,453 |
| 2013 | 36 | #4,074 |
| 2012 | 43 | #3,643 |
| 2011 | 55 | #3,050 |
| 2010 | 70 | #2,589 |
| 2009 | 40 | #3,869 |
| 2008 | 47 | #3,477 |
| 2007 | 29 | #4,942 |
| 2006 | 37 | #3,991 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,700 |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,058 |
| 2003 | 25 | #4,938 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 36 | #3,627 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,644 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
Names like Keelyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan, Devyn, Keegan, Cassidy, Brynn, Kaitlyn, Brooklyn, Kerrigan, Ashlyn, Kayden, Reagan, Kenley
Names related to Keelyn
Kaelyn, Kaelynn, Keelan, Keilyn, Keylen, Kellyn, Keelin, Kelyn
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey
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, “Keelyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keelyn, updated 20 October 2026.