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How popular is “Kelyn” in the USA?

Number of people named “Kelyn” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Kelyn” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Kelyn” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Kelyn” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Kelyn” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Kelyn” by birth year

This chart shows how “Kelyn” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1981 5 0.000001445 5 100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 100%
1985 8 0.000002241 8 100%
1986 15 0.000004217 9 6 20%
1987 16 0.000004438 11 5 38%
1988 15 0.000004059 10 5 33%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 100%
1990 7 0.000001771 7 100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 100%
1992 17 0.000004426 8 9 -6%
1993 16 0.000004244 11 5 38%
1994 15 0.000004035 8 7 7%
1995 23 0.00000628 12 11 4%
1996 16 0.000004387 9 7 13%
1997 21 0.000005792 15 6 43%
1998 28 0.000007612 17 11 21%
1999 31 0.000008392 18 13 16%
2000 23 0.000006085 12 11 4%
2001 27 0.000007213 16 11 19%
2002 13 0.000003478 7 6 8%
2003 24 0.000006312 17 7 42%
2004 22 0.000005758 12 10 9%
2005 28 0.000007282 12 16 -14%
2006 35 0.000008847 22 13 26%
2007 30 0.000007504 16 14 7%
2008 33 0.000008396 18 15 9%
2009 26 0.000006806 16 10 23%
2010 28 0.000007576 13 15 -7%
2011 28 0.000007655 18 10 29%
2012 20 0.000005468 10 10 0%
2013 26 0.000007132 13 13 0%
2014 23 0.000006206 13 10 13%
2015 14 0.000003783 14 -100%
2016 19 0.000005179 9 10 -5%
2017 18 0.000005033 9 9 0%
2018 22 0.000006257 11 11 0%
2019 17 0.000004898 7 10 -18%
2020 7 0.000002095 7 100%
2021 7 0.000002066 7 -100%
2022 5 0.000001478 5 -100%
2024 7 0.000002103 7 -100%

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