NameTides

Kailyn

Kailyn was the #1,818 girls' name in the US in 2025 (110 babies), and #2,131 in Canada.

Kailyn as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kailyn 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Kailyn 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#1,818 (110)———#2,131 (10)
2024#1,579 (133)#4,844 (4)———
2023#1,439 (155)————
2022#1,422 (158)———#2,315 (8)
2021#1,280 (180)———#2,616 (7)
2020#1,196 (193)———#2,343 (8)
2019#1,036 (247)———#2,025 (10)
2018#992 (264)———#1,862 (11)
2017#899 (298)#4,763 (4)——#1,333 (18)
2016#801 (355)———#1,191 (21)
2015#659 (436)#4,736 (4)——#1,202 (20)
2014#512 (606)—#537 (6)—#1,108 (23)
2013#492 (609)#3,536 (6)#506 (6)—#822 (33)
2012#493 (623)#5,876 (3)#815 (3)—#865 (31)
2011#397 (793)#2,432 (10)#394 (9)—#655 (44)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2011 at #397.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1981.
  • In 2025, 93% of US babies named Kailyn were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 15,000 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 15,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kailyn is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 16,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 14,000 to 1 in 18,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kailyn 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: #1,405ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,651CAUtah: 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: #1,180VAMaryland: 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: #1,281NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict 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: #1,532TXFlorida: #1,545FL
Kailyn (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
KailynCanadaGirls#2,13110
KailynEngland & WalesGirls—too few
KailynIrelandGirls—too few
KailynNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KailynNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KailynScotlandGirls—too few
KailynUSGirls#1,818110
KailynUSBoys#8,9108