Kelyn
Boy · KEL-in · Cornish
Kelyn is a boys' name of Cornish origin, meaning “holly”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Kelyn mean?
Cornish: Cornish kelyn 'holly'; in the US often a spelling of Kellen
“holly”
Kelyn is the Cornish word for holly, like Welsh celyn; American parents may instead intend a spelling of Kellen.
- Say it
- KEL-in
Is Kelyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Kelyn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kelyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Kelyn, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2005, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1986.
Half of all the boys named Kelyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2008, 55% of the babies named Kelyn in the US were girls.
Kelyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
Nicknames for Kelyn
Names like Kelyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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