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Kaycin

KAY-sin /keɪ sɪn/

At a glance

U.S. rank 2025
#12,008 of boy names (outside the top 1,000)
Babies in 2025
5 (<0.01% of boys)
Trend
Steady #12,022 in 2020 to #12,008 in 2025
Peak
#9,693 in 2010
First recorded
2010

Meaning of Kaycin

Kaycin—voiced in a bright, two-beat KAY-sin—drifts through the air like a guitar chord at dusk, a name said to have sprung from modern American imagination yet echoing older tongues: some hear the Celtic “Kay,” the joyful keeper of the keys, while others detect a faint Latin whisper of “cinis,” the ash from which the phoenix rises. In storybook fashion, the two roots entwine into a promise of doors flung open and new worlds reborn, a fitting aura for a boy whose first steps may already hum with adventure. Though Kaycin still tiptoes along the lower rungs of U.S. charts—seven newborn stars at his brightest showing—his rarity is part of the charm, offering parents a hidden gem that feels both familiar and refreshingly unclaimed. Think of him as a warm breeze crossing the pampas: playful, uplifting, and impossible not to follow with a smile.

How to pronounce Kaycin

English

Popularity of Kaycin in the U.S.

Kaycin was the #12,008 boy name in the U.S. in 2025, with 5 babies. It peaked at #9,693 in 2010. It first appears in the records in 2010.

Bar and line chart: Kaycin in the U.S., 2010–2025. Bars: boys given the name each year, most 7 in 2010 and 5 in 2025. Line: rank among boy names, peak #9,693 in 2010, #12,008 in 2025.
  • Boys named Kaycin (left scale)
  • Rank among U.S. boy names (right scale, #1 at the top)
By year, 2010–2025. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Year-by-year table, 2010⁠–⁠2025 7 rows
Kaycin: babies and rank among boy names in the U.S. by year
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
2025512,008back (not recorded in 2024)
2023512,239back (not recorded in 2022)
202179,714▲ 2,308
2020512,022▼ 1,219
2019610,803back (not recorded in 2015–2018)
2014610,717back (not recorded in 2011–2013)
201079,693new