Kaylyn

Where Kaylyn comes from

20th-century coinage from Kay + -lyn.
— Wiktionary's entry for Kaylyn
Along the way
  1. 1949
    First appearance
    #5,244 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1997
    Peak, #518
    462 babies named Kaylyn — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2014
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,215.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name originating as a coinage.
Namesakes

No widely known Kaylyn turns up in the encyclopedias yet — the name is still all theirs to make famous.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.