NameTides

Kaelyn

Kaelyn was the #1,592 girls' name in the US in 2025 (131 babies), and #3,035 in England & Wales and #1,577 in Canada.

Kaelyn as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kaelyn as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Kaelyn as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,592 (131)#3,035 (8)——#1,577 (15)
2024#1,637 (126)#5,892 (3)———
2023#1,544 (138)#5,688 (3)——#2,027 (10)
2022#1,521 (141)———#1,989 (10)
2021#1,223 (192)#3,961 (5)——#2,021 (10)
2020#1,105 (221)———#1,877 (11)
2019#1,045 (245)——#716 (4)#1,231 (20)
2018#948 (280)——#896 (3)#1,376 (17)
2017#819 (333)#3,229 (7)#570 (5)—#1,179 (21)
2016#726 (391)#5,785 (3)—#750 (4)#740 (39)
2015#521 (602)#4,736 (4)—#751 (4)#617 (48)
2014#575 (533)——#876 (3)#580 (53)
2013#443 (692)#2,649 (9)#816 (3)—#581 (51)
2012#417 (754)#1,809 (16)#467 (7)—#751 (37)
2011#385 (822)#2,275 (11)#810 (3)#937 (3)#472 (67)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2009 at #331.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1959.

How common is it?

about 1 in 12,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 12,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 31,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 10,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kaelyn is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 14,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 18,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kaelyn by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,654NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: #540CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,409CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: #614SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,358GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,314TXFlorida: #1,436FL
Kaelyn (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KaelynCanadaGirls#1,57715
KaelynEngland & WalesGirls#3,0358
KaelynEngland & WalesBoys—too few
KaelynIrelandGirls—too few
KaelynNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KaelynNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KaelynScotlandGirls—too few
KaelynUSGirls#1,592131
KaelynUSBoys—too few