Given name
Kellyn
“a slender, beautiful, and powerful woman”·“one who is slender”·“from the swamp”
Kellyn is a variant of Kellen. Interpretations include “a slender, beautiful, and powerful woman”, “one who is slender”, and “from the swamp”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kellyn is a variant of Kellen. Interpretations include “a slender, beautiful, and powerful woman”, “one who is slender”, and “from the swamp”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kellyn is a variant of Kellen. An origin associated with Kellen is German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kellyn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,209
- 225 boys · 1,984 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 97 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #11,426 for girls · #13,006 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −42%
- Cooling
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 30% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,426 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 48.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 97 in 1985. It also appeared in 5 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,138 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Kellyn
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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