Kenlyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEN-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Kenlyn is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
Where does Kenlyn come from?
Modern: blend of Ken and Lyn
Is Kenlyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Kenlyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kenlyn in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1937. 6 boys were also named Kenlyn in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Kenlyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kenlyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,238 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,938 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,196 |
Names like Kenlyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan, Braelynn, Brynlee, Kayden, Keegan, Devyn, Brynn, Kashlynn, Keiry, Brecken, Eowyn, Rylynn
Names related to Kenlyn
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Kenlyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kenlyn, updated 20 October 2026.