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The first name 
Kaylyn

Kaylyn is a first name typically given to girls, but in rare cases also used as a boys name.

Kaylyn is a well-known but special name!

Kaylyn is a well-known name in the US, but is still special. It is currently only given to every ten thousandth girl, and therefore ranks at 1,332 in the SmartGenius statistics. This means there are 1,331 girls names that are more common, but also tens of thousands that are much rarer. If you polled the whole US population – children, adults and seniors – you’d find less than one in 10,000 to be named Kaylyn.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Kaylyn

Kaylyn -
keeping with the times

Kaylyn is a phenomenon of Generation X and Y. Previously, the name wasn't really on the radar of expectant parents. Schoolkids of the early 20th century probably didn't have classmates named Kaylyn - until this very name unexpectedly cried out for attention and peaked in popularity at rank number 490 in 1997. Although it has never reached the top 100 list, this girls' name seems to have been in vogue for a while, which makes Kaylyn really in tune with her generation.

In years where the graph has no value, the name Kaylyn was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.

Kaylyn in 2022 – for some parents the most beautiful name in the world

75 babies were named Kaylyn in 2022 - that's 1 in 2,117,599 newborn girls. With this number, the girls' name Kaylyn ranked 2,162 in our SmartGenius first name statistics in 2022, the most recent year for which records are available.

Kaylyn has 6 letters 
and begins with a K

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter K is a real popular first letter for girls' names. That’s because 7.5% of all common girls’ names in the US begin with this letter. Only the first letters A, S and M are more common for girls' names.

With six letters, the name Kaylyn is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

That means that if 7.5% of all girls' names start with a K, this initial letter occurs more than twice as often as all 26 letters on average. Interesting detail: of all the girls' names that begin with a K, Karen is the most common.

Other names with 
K, a, y, l, y and n

If you take all the letters in the name Kaylyn – K, a, y, l, y and n – and put them together again, you can form another name, such as Laykyn.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Kaylyn

If your name is Kaylyn and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Kaylyn

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Kaylyn, you can simply say:

Koala

Apple

Yoyo

Lion

Yoyo

Nut

This is how the name Kaylyn is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Kaylyn in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Kaylyn

Kaylyn

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Kaylyn

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Kaylyn is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

K
A
Y
L
Y
N

Have you ever waved the name Kaylyn

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

K
A
Y
L
Y
N

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Kaylyn sounds like this: