Kaylin Girl
How popular is Kaylin?
#1,643 girl name in 2025
126 baby girls were named Kaylin in the US in 2025, making it the 1643rd most popular girl name. Another 7 boys got the name (#9,710 for boys).
Kaylin popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,643 for girls (▼ 218 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 126 girls, 7 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-73% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #618 in 2015, #1,145 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (869 girls) |
| Highest rank | #371 in 2009 |
| First recorded | 1953 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 4% boys, 96% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kaylin counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kaylin family of names ranked #373 for girls in 2025 (#335 the year before), with 849 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kaylin | 126 | 15% |
| Kailyn | 110 | 13% |
| Kaylynn | 134 | 16% |
| Kailynn | 78 | 9% |
| Kaylen | 61 | 7% |
| Kaylyn | 70 | 8% |
| Cailyn | 40 | 5% |
| Kaylene | 37 | 4% |
| Kalynn | 15 | 2% |
| Cailynn | 17 | 2% |
| Kahlan | 10 | 1% |
| Kalyn | 19 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kaylin is most popular
Babies named Kaylin per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Georgia: 0.2 per 1,000 (42 girls)
- Virginia: 0.2 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.2 per 1,000 (36 girls)
- Missouri: 0.1 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- Mississippi: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Kaylin by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 11 | #5,324 |
| 1960s | 65 | #3,957 |
| 1970s | 69 | #4,625 |
| 1980s | 1,004 | #779 |
| 1990s | 4,616 | #432 |
| 2000s | 7,373 | #371 |
| 2010s | 5,128 | #396 |
| 2020s | 1,041 | #1,138 |
Girl names about as popular as Kaylin
Questions
- Is Kaylin a boy or girl name?
- Kaylin is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 96% of babies named Kaylin were girls.
- How popular is the name Kaylin?
- 126 baby girls were named Kaylin in the US in 2025, making it the 1643rd most popular girl name. Another 7 boys got the name (#9,710 for boys).
- When was Kaylin most popular?
- Kaylin peaked in 2008, when 869 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #371 in 2009.
- How many people are named Kaylin?
- 19,934 babies have been named Kaylin in the US since 1880. We estimate about 19,710 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is Kaylin most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kaylin was most common in Georgia, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.