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Kayleen

Feminine

1934high 2010
#2514 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare70 girls in 2025

Kayleen joins a Kay- front to a -leen ending, and it belongs to the American naming workshop of the last sixty years.

How old is the name Kayleen?

Kayleen first appears in US birth records in 1934 — 91 years ago. The typical Kayleen alive today was born around 2003, making them about 22 years old. About 7,700 people named Kayleen are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Kayleen most popular?

Kayleen peaked in 2010, reaching #915 nationally. Today it ranks #2514, 1,599 places below that high. See the whole 2010 chart.

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Where it comes from

Our story of Kayleen

Our story of Kayleen is a story of pieces. Kay stood alone as a name through the mid-twentieth century, and -leen and -lene endings were everywhere — Marleen, Charleen, Darleen. Families combined them: Kayleen, Kaylene, Kaylee. None descends from an older word; they descend from each other and from the fashion of their decade. Kayleen appears in the American registers from the 1960s.

Meaningnot established

Not established

No documented etymology. It is a modern American coinage on the Kay- front and -leen ending, alongside Kaylee, Kaylin and Katheleen-influenced forms. Attributions to Irish or Hebrew sources are not supported. Honest sources record it as a coinage.

Pronouncing Kayleen

kay-LEEN

Two syllables, stress on the second. Kayleen and Kaylene are said nearly identically.

Nicknames for Kayleen

Moderate

KayThe front of the name, and a name in its own right with a long record
LeenThe back of the name, used inside families rather than generally
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1934–202528414202847019342025

US babies named Kayleen per year from 1934 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#9151930s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1934
Most girls named
2010284 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#915reached in 2010
Change vs 2023
−48.5%70 in 2025, from 136
Kayleen sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2010, with 284 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Kayleen in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Kaylene in English — spelling variant
  • Kaileen in English — spelling variant

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.

Kayleens among us

7,700

people named Kayleen are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 22,961 born in 2025 was named Kayleen

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Kayleen

#2514
Kayleen on the 2025 chart
#790
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Kayleen went to 70 girls in 2025, but Kaylen, Kaileen and Caylen are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 170, which makes it the 790th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,724 places above the chart.

About 1 girl in 9,455 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 22,961 for Kayleen itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Arletta test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kayleen's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Arletta climbed just as high around 1933, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Arletta's path sketches the road Kayleen is walking now.

40%chance Kayleen will feel dated by 2040
Kayleen, aligned on its peakArletta· peak 1933not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+70 yrsArletta · #8923Kayleen today
Kayleen today is about where Arletta stood in 1948 — 15 years past a #915-sized peak. By 1963, Arletta had settled around #2765.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Kayleen sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Kayleen is headed

19342030

US babies named Kayleen per year, 1934 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Kayleen is easing off slowly — about 21% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.

Cooling-21% by 2030projected around #3,095 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Kayleen beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Kayleen in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Kayleenthis name70#2514Syeda70#2514Gracyn70#2514Imogene70#2514Orla70#2514

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • Kay is available as a short form with a long record.
  • The end stress gives it a strong rhythm against a front-stressed surname.
  • It belongs to a documented American naming family.
What to consider
  • There is no documented meaning.
  • At least four spellings of the sound are in circulation.
  • It is period-coded to the 1960s and 1970s.

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Frequently asked

How many Kayleens are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 7,700 people named Kayleen are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Kayleen?
Kayleen is the most-used spelling in US records — 70 of the 170 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Kaylen, Kaileen and Caylen.
How popular is the name Kayleen in 2025?
Kayleen ranks #2514 among US girl names in 2025, with 70 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Kayleen?
About 1 in every 22,961 US girls born in 2025 was named Kayleen — 70 in all.
Will my child share the name Kayleen with classmates?
Kayleen will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Kayleen

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Syeda#2514 · Gracyn#2514 · Imogene#2514 · Orla#2514 · Annalisa#2514 · Nazareth#2514 · Susannah#2514 · Maysen#2514

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