Kaylynne
Feminine
Kaylynne joins two short names of the mid-century, Kay and Lynne, into one soft three-beat name. The first half belonged to the entertainer who invented Eloise, the six-year-old who lives at the Plaza.
How old is the name Kaylynne?
Kaylynne first appears in US birth records in 1971 — 54 years ago. The typical Kaylynne alive today was born around 2004, making them about 21 years old. About 600 people named Kaylynne are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kaylynne most popular?
Kaylynne peaked in 1996, reaching #3831 nationally. See the whole 1996 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Kaylynne
Kay was one of the brisk short names of the mid-twentieth century, and its most famous bearer, Kay Thompson — singer, vocal coach to Judy Garland, and a force in MGM musicals — wrote Eloise in 1955, about a small girl who lives on the top floor of the Plaza Hotel and runs the building; her portrait still hangs in the lobby. Kaylynne takes that crisp Kay and softens it with Lynne, a name of the same years, and adds a doubled n and a final e for a little ceremony. It is a name that sounds both friendly and finished.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Kaylynne may join Kay and Lynne, or respell Kaylyn with a French-looking ending; nothing records which. Kay itself is usually a short form of Katherine.
Pronouncing Kaylynne
kay-LIN
Two syllables; some families stress the first, KAY-lin.
Nicknames for Kaylynne
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
- 1971
- Most girls named
- 199628 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3831reached in 1996
- Change vs 2021
- −16.7%5 in 2022, from 6
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.
Kaylynnes among us
people named Kaylynne 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
Kaylynne 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
- Built from two familiar names, so it is easy to say.
- Comes with Kay as a ready short form.
- Rare in this spelling.
- Kaylin, Kaylyn and Kaelyn are all likely guesses, so it will need spelling out.
- The doubled n and final e add letters no one hears.
- It has no documented meaning of its own.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kaylynnes 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 Kaylynne are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Kaylynne in 2025?
- Kaylynne is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Kaylynne with classmates?
- Kaylynne will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More K names
The most-given names starting with K, all years combined.
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