Kaylin

Kaylin: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“modern blend of Kay and Lynn”
Origin
American (modern coinage)
Say it
KAY-lin · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls (97% of all uses)

Modern English-language coinage, often formed from the name element Kay plus the suffix or name Lynn. It can also be influenced by spellings such as Kaelyn or Kaylyn.

How popular is Kaylin?

202449.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Kaylin in 2024163

2024 rank#1,428 girls

Peak year2009

Total US babies since 188019,798

Kaylin is fading: recent use is about 30% of its level ten years before.

Names like Kaylin

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Kalenuncertain · Unknown
  • Samanthauncertain; probably feminine form of Samuel · American (modern coinage)
  • Raelynnmodern blend of Rae and Lynn · American (modern coinage)
  • Nevaehheaven spelled backward · American (modern coinage)
  • Ellianamodern blend of Ellie and Ana · American (modern coinage)
  • Wrenleymodern blend using Wren and -ley · American (modern coinage)
  • Oaklynnmodern blend of Oak and Lynn · American (modern coinage)
  • Adalynnmodern blend of Ada and Lynn · American (modern coinage)

Kaylin questions

What does the name Kaylin mean?

Kaylin means "modern blend of Kay and Lynn". It comes from American (modern coinage). Modern English-language coinage, often formed from the name element Kay plus the suffix or name Lynn. It can also be influenced by spellings such as Kaelyn or Kaylyn.

Is Kaylin a boy or girl name?

Kaylin is mainly a girl's name in US records (97% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Kaylin?

163 US babies were named Kaylin in 2024. Its peak year was 2009.

How do you pronounce Kaylin?

Kaylin is usually pronounced KAY-lin.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.