Kaylin

A girls’ name of Irish origin, meaning pure; a modern respelling of Caitlin or Katelin.

Babies a year
290
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3035
8 babies

How Kaylin has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2019. Lower is more popular.
#537#808#1078201520172019#996

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YearUS rank
2015#619
2016#798
2017#937
2018#935
2019#996

Kaylin by the numbers

In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Kaylin. In the US, 290 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 869 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

Other names that come from Caitlin

Like Kaylin, 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.

  • Kaitlynpure; modern respelling of Caitlin or Katelyn929 in the US (2017)
  • 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)
  • Caitlynnpure; variant of Caitlin41 in the US (2017)
  • Caitpure; form of Caitlin or Caite6 in the US (2017)
  • Katilynpure; a form of Caitlin6 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kaylin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kaylynpure; a modern respelling of Kaitlyn or Katelyn130 in the US (2017)
  • Keylinpure; a respelling of Katelin, Caitlin or variant of Kaytlin62 in the US (2017)
  • Karlinfree man; a diminutive of karl or charles22 in the US (2017)
  • Kaytlinpure; a form of Katelin or Caitlin18 in the US (2017)
  • Kayinform of cain, acquired or spear17 in the US (2017)
  • Katlinvariant of Katelyn or Caitlin; pure

Sounds like Kaylin

Names that are said the same way as Kaylin, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Kailynpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin294 in the US (2017)
  • Kailynnpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin157 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)

Other names that mean purity

Like Kaylin, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Lillianlily; purity6,139 in the US (2017)
  • Lilythe lily flower; purity2,249 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Katherinepure2,833 in the US (2017)
  • Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
  • Lilianalily; purity2,747 in the US (2017)
  • Catherinepure; clear1,573 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kaylin

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