Kailyn
A girls’ name of Irish origin, meaning pure; a modern respelling of Caitlin.
How Kailyn has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #659 |
| 2016 | #803 |
| 2017 | #899 |
| 2018 | #992 |
Kailyn by the numbers
Kailyn was given to 294 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 792 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Caitlin
Like Kailyn, each of these traces back to Caitlin: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Caitlynpure; a modern variant of Caitlin or Cathleen227 in the US (2017)
- Caitlinpure; form of Caitríona33 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kaitlynnpure; a modern spelling of Caitlín144 in the US (2017)
- Kaitlinpure; a form of Caitlin or Katherine65 in the US (2017)
- Keylinpure; a respelling of Katelin, Caitlin or variant of Kaytlin62 in the US (2017)
- Caitlynnpure; variant of Caitlin41 in the US (2017)
- Kaytlinpure; a form of Katelin or Caitlin18 in the US (2017)
- Caitpure; form of Caitlin or Caite6 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kailyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kaitlynpure; modern respelling of Caitlin or Katelyn929 in the US (2017)
- Kaelynpure; a modern variant of Katelyn or Katherine332 in the US (2017)
- Kailynnpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin157 in the US (2017)
- Kaylynpure; a modern respelling of Kaitlyn or Katelyn130 in the US (2017)
- Karlynvariant of Carolyn; joyful song24 in the US (2017)
- Katlynpure; a form of katherine or kathryn19 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Kailyn
Names that are said the same way as Kailyn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Kaylinpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin or Katelin290 in the US (2017)
- Cailynpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin or Caitlyn87 in the US (2017)
- Cailynnpure; a modern respelling of Caitlyn or Caitlin40 in the US (2017)
- Cailingirl; young woman29 in the US (2017)
- Kalonbeautiful and good; from kalon14 in the US (2017)
- Kaileenthe sea; form of Kailea or Kailani10 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean purity
Like Kailyn, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Kailyn
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