Kaylena
Feminine
Kaylena is a name that joins Kay or Kaylee to the -lena of Helena and Magdalena. Its ending carries one of the loneliest names on the map, the island where Napoleon died.
How old is the name Kaylena?
Kaylena first appears in US birth records in 1983 — 42 years ago. The typical Kaylena alive today was born around 2005, making them about 20 years old. About 600 people named Kaylena are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kaylena most popular?
Kaylena peaked in 1993, reaching #3877 nationally. See the whole 1993 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Kaylena
Portuguese sailors sighted a small volcanic island in the South Atlantic in 1502, reportedly on the feast day of Saint Helena, mother of the emperor Constantine, and named it after her. Three centuries later the British chose it as the most secure place on earth to hold Napoleon, who died there in 1821. Kaylena borrows only the soft end of that name, and joins it to the bright Kay- of its own day. It sounds light and flowing.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Kaylena joins Kay- or Kaylee to a -lena ending, and nothing records the join.
Pronouncing Kaylena
kay-LEE-nuh
Three syllables with the stress on the second.
Nicknames for Kaylena
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1983
- Most girls named
- 199327 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3877reached in 1993
- Change vs 2023
- +36.4%15 in 2024, from 11
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.
Kaylena in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: California.
Kaylenas among us
people named Kaylena are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Kaylena sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Easy to say once heard.
- Comes with Kay and Lena as ready short forms.
- Rare, so a Kaylena is unlikely to share her name.
- Kalena and Kaylina are likely guesses.
- It is closely tied to its era.
- It has no documented meaning of its own.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kaylenas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Kaylena are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Kaylena in 2025?
- Kaylena is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Kaylena with classmates?
- Kaylena will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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