Berlyn

#6,116 for girls in 2025, 19 births · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #12,146
Given to girls 91.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
#3,071
2004 · 50 births
Debut · girls
1928
5 births
In top 100 · girls
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of 146 years
Total births · girls
937
since 1928

Berlyn over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202009peak #3,071, 2004peak #2,266, 1934girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#6,11619—
2024#5,79921—
2023#5,75221—
2022#5,98420—
2021#6,17419#12,1465
2020#5,48722—
2019#4,34332—
2018#5,78521—
2017#5,04526—
2016#4,99027—
2015#4,58430—
2014#4,10336—
2013#4,88728—
2012#3,58344—
2011#3,30349—
2010#3,40947—
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1995#7,51411—
1994#10,5697—
1993#5,41917—
1992#4,84920—
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1990#8,5019—
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1988#9,2447—
1987#9,8256—
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First appearance
1928

The first year at least five girls were named Berlyn! It came in at #4,725, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1928–1986, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Berlyn is popular in 2009

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,818 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 15,592 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedTXFlorida: #1,335 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 9,148 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Florida#1,335 · 1 in 9,148
  2. California#1,818 · 1 in 15,592

Best ever in a state: #626 in Utah, 2011.

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See more about Berlyn
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 317 spots since 2024 (#5,799 → #6,116)
  • 629 spots since 2020 (#5,487 → #6,116)
  • 1,532 spots since 2015 (#4,584 → #6,116)
Rise & fade · girls
76 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1928
  • Peaked 2004 at #3,071 (50 births)
  • Births halved by 2018, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 34,021
  • Highest: 1 in 34,021 girls born in 2009 were named Berlyn (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 84,593 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #3,071 in 2004, was only 1 in 36,725 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 36.3% of all girls named Berlyn (340) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1987
  • Mostly boys until 1986, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s5#4,725 (1928)#4,725
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1980s24#6,955 (1989)#8,675
1990s131#3,722 (1991)#7,784
2000s315#3,071 (2004)#5,444
2010s340#3,303 (2011)#4,403
2020s122#5,487 (2020)#5,885

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Berlyn in 2009

girls
#3,126
54 births · 1 in 34,021 girls

Top girls' names in 2009

  1. #1Isabella22,321
  2. #2Emma17,910
  3. #3Olivia17,444
  4. #4Sophia16,951
  5. #5Ava15,877
  6. #6Emily15,366
  7. #7Madison15,257
  8. #8Abigail14,401
  9. #9Chloe11,922
  10. #10Mia11,438
  11. #3,126Berlyn54
More about 2009

girls

1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 34,021 of them was named Berlyn, which outranked 84.5% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Berlyn
  1. #3,088Shelbi55
  2. #3,088Taylar55
  3. #3,088Zipporah55
  4. #3,126Berlyn54
  5. #3,126Aleia54
  6. #3,126Arayah54
  7. #3,126Aubriella54
  8. #3,161Amberlee53
  9. #3,161Arieana53
  10. #3,161Arlyn53

Tied with 34 names at #3,126; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,137Taraji#5,013 → #876
  2. ↑ 2,107Bristol#2,773 → #666
  3. ↑ 836Analia#1,167 → #331
  4. ↑ 773Harlow#1,677 → #904
  5. ↑ 610Maliah#1,405 → #795
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,450Dayami#754 → #2,204
  2. ↓ 953Mareli#723 → #1,676
  3. ↓ 773Mylie#839 → #1,612
  4. ↓ 517Marely#334 → #851
  5. ↓ 515Hillary#722 → #1,237

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2009 →