Kelyn was the #9,714 boys' name in the US in 2025 (7 babies).
Kelyn as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2025
#9,714 (7)
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2024
#9,894 (7)
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2022
#12,330 (5)
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2021
#9,714 (7)
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2019
#7,643 (10)
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2018
#7,136 (11)
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2017
#8,140 (9)
#3,996 (4)
2016
#7,605 (10)
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2015
#5,999 (14)
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2014
#7,562 (10)
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2013
#6,241 (13)
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2012
#7,559 (10)
#4,805 (3)
2011
#7,502 (10)
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2010
#5,741 (15)
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2009
#7,692 (10)
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Kelyn as a girl’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2020
#12,142 (7)
2019
#12,448 (7)
2018
#9,151 (11)
2017
#10,689 (9)
2016
#10,859 (9)
2014
#8,485 (13)
2013
#8,580 (13)
2012
#10,429 (10)
2011
#6,855 (18)
2010
#8,701 (13)
2009
#7,679 (16)
2008
#7,073 (18)
2007
#7,733 (16)
2006
#5,906 (22)
2005
#8,883 (12)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 2005 at #5,034.
First recorded in the US in 1986.
In 2019, 41% of US babies named Kelyn were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 250,000 baby boys 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.