Kylyn
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- KY-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Kylyn is a name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
Where does Kylyn come from?
Modern: spelling of Kylynn; blend of Ky- (as in Kylie) and the suffix -lynn
Meaning borrowed from Kylynn.
Is Kylyn a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Kylyn has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 10 boys in the US.
How popular is Kylyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 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, 10 boys in the US were named Kylyn, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999. 6 girls were also named Kylyn in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
Half of all the boys named Kylyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,075 boys in the US were given Kylyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #326, up from #7,675 for this spelling alone.
Kylyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
Nicknames for Kylyn
Names like Kylyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Finnegan Brecken Keegan Braylen Rayden Brayden Declan Finn Ronan Kian Raiden
Other spellings of Kylyn
Kylan Kylen Kylin Kylon Khylan Khylen Kailan Khylin Kylinn Khylon Kilynn
Names related to Kylyn
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, “Kylyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kylyn, updated 20 October 2026.