Kaelyn
Pronounced K AA1 EH1 L IH0 N (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 2009
- 66 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Kaelyn?
Kaelyn is a girls' name, and first appears in 1959. It has been given to 18,261 children — the 975th most common girls' name on record.
It is falling away, down 67% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2009, when 1,196 children were given it.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Caelyn and Caelin — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Kaelyn and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Caelyn
- Caelin
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- K AA1 EH1 L IH0 N · K AA1 EH1 L IH1 N · K AH1 EH1 L IH0 N · K AH1 EH1 L IH1 N · S IY1 EY1 EH1 L IH0 N · S IY1 EY1 EH1 L IH1 N
- Stress pattern:
- 110 · 111 · 110 · 111 · 1110 · 1111
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Kaelyn
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Kaelyn
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Kaelyn?
- Kaelyn ranks 975th among girls' names in US records, with 18,261 births since 1959. Over the past decade it accounts for 3,201.
- Is Kaelyn a unisex name?
- No. Kaelyn is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Kaelyn most popular?
- 2009, when 1,196 children were given the name. It has been in use for 66 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Kaelyn spelled?
- Caelyn, Caelin. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.