Lyn
#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · Last seen for boys in 1994 at #6,968
Given to girls 82.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1953 · 261 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,220since 1915
Lyn over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,107 | 9 | — | |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | — | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | — | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | — | |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | — | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | — | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | — | |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | — | |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | — | |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | — | |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | — | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | — | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | — | |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 | — | |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 | — | |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | — | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | — | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | — | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,120 | 24 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #4,670 | 19 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #4,653 | 18 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,524 | 25 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,282 | 18 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #3,726 | 21 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #2,910 | 29 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #2,830 | 32 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #2,447 | 39 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #2,537 | 37 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #2,020 | 50 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #2,269 | 40 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #2,002 | 48 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #1,820 | 51 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #1,447 | 71 | #3,078 | 12 |
| 1974 | #1,578 | 60 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #1,276 | 81 | #2,311 | 17 |
| 1972 | #1,263 | 81 | #2,534 | 14 |
| 1971 | #1,084 | 111 | #1,560 | 31 |
| 1970 | #1,108 | 106 | #1,743 | 25 |
| 1969 | #985 | 120 | #1,526 | 28 |
| 1968 | #934 | 122 | #1,057 | 49 |
| 1967 | #833 | 145 | #1,758 | 20 |
| 1966 | #874 | 131 | #1,650 | 22 |
| 1965 | #783 | 161 | #1,559 | 25 |
| 1964 | #733 | 201 | #1,327 | 35 |
| 1963 | #728 | 198 | #1,375 | 32 |
| 1962 | #596 | 279 | #1,669 | 23 |
| 1961 | #711 | 214 | #1,368 | 34 |
| 1960 | #692 | 216 | #1,359 | 34 |
| 1959 | #706 | 200 | #1,172 | 44 |
| 1958 | #638 | 238 | #1,511 | 27 |
| 1957 | #577 | 280 | #1,318 | 35 |
| 1956 | #563 | 277 | #1,193 | 41 |
| 1955 | #553 | 268 | #1,255 | 36 |
| 1954 | #536 | 274 | #996 | 56 |
| 1953 | #533 | 261 | #1,015 | 51 |
| 1952 | #547 | 245 | #1,081 | 45 |
| 1951 | #574 | 223 | #1,097 | 43 |
| 1950 | #630 | 182 | #878 | 61 |
| 1949 | #594 | 195 | #1,085 | 42 |
| 1948 | #588 | 200 | #1,063 | 44 |
| 1947 | #568 | 225 | #906 | 59 |
| 1946 | #553 | 204 | #944 | 50 |
| 1945 | #618 | 138 | #1,249 | 28 |
| 1944 | #660 | 125 | #1,085 | 37 |
| 1943 | #758 | 104 | #1,280 | 29 |
| 1942 | #887 | 77 | #1,334 | 27 |
| 1941 | #948 | 60 | #1,091 | 36 |
| 1940 | #935 | 59 | #1,288 | 27 |
| 1939 | #981 | 52 | #1,297 | 26 |
| 1938 | #1,231 | 35 | #1,613 | 18 |
| 1937 | #1,282 | 32 | #1,528 | 20 |
| 1936 | #1,549 | 23 | #1,540 | 19 |
| 1935 | #1,720 | 20 | #2,396 | 10 |
| 1934 | #1,372 | 28 | #1,658 | 18 |
| 1933 | #1,835 | 18 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #1,877 | 18 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #1,459 | 26 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #2,306 | 14 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #2,191 | 15 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,381 | 14 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #2,552 | 13 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #2,569 | 13 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,661 | 13 | — | |
| 1923 | — | #3,822 | 6 | |
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | — | #3,815 | 6 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | — | #3,516 | 6 | |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
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| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
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| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1915
The first year at least five girls were named Lyn! It came in at #2,900, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1916, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Rising
- 1,015 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #10,107)
- 4,981 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #10,107)
- 4,375 spots since 2015 (#14,482 → #10,107)
- Biggest jump: 250 spots in 1939 (#1,231 → #981)
- Biggest drop: 132 spots in 1963 (#596 → #728)
Rise & fade · girls
38 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1953 at #533 (261 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 31 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1939–1969
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,049
- Highest: 1 in 7,049 girls born in 1962 were named Lyn (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #533 in 1953, was only 1 in 7,208 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 33.9% of all girls named Lyn (2,448) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1924
- Mostly boys until 1923, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 25 | #2,879 (1917) | #3,357 |
| 1920s | 80 | #2,191 (1929) | #3,035 |
| 1930s | 266 | #981 (1939) | #1,561 |
| 1940s | 1,387 | #553 (1946) | #711 |
| 1950s | 2,448 | #533 (1953) | #586 |
| 1960s | 1,787 | #596 (1962) | #787 |
| 1970s | 699 | #1,084 (1971) | #1,587 |
| 1980s | 252 | #2,447 (1981) | #3,677 |
| 1990s | 127 | #4,120 (1990) | #7,861 |
| 2000s | 73 | #9,264 (2004) | #13,159 |
| 2010s | 48 | #11,781 (2016) | #13,518 |
| 2020s | 28 | #10,107 (2025) | #12,477 |
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.
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