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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | |
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| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
Where Lyn is popular in 1966
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#438 · 1 in 5,630
- Washington#514 · 1 in 4,275
- New York#772 · 1 in 10,416
- Michigan#853 · 1 in 14,705
- California#877 · 1 in 10,982
Best ever in a state: #177 in New Hampshire, 1956.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #438 | 8 | 1 in 5,630 |
| Washington | #514 | 5 | 1 in 4,275 |
| New York | #772 | 14 | 1 in 10,416 |
| Michigan | #853 | 5 | 1 in 14,705 |
| California | #877 | 14 | 1 in 10,982 |
| Pennsylvania | #888 | 5 | 1 in 17,906 |
| Texas | #1,011 | 7 | 1 in 13,127 |
| Illinois | #1,032 | 5 | 1 in 17,597 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Lyn
- 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)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1953 at #533 (261 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1939–1969
- 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
- 33.9% of all girls named Lyn (2,448) were born in this decade
- 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.
Lyn in 1966
Top girls' names in 1966
Top boys' names in 1966
More about 1966
girls
1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 12,917 of them was named Lyn, which outranked 88.5% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #869Hannah133
- #872Gia132
- #872Tangela132
- #874Lyn131
- #874Alissa131
- #874Annamarie131
- #874Charles131
- #879Andra130
- #879Arleen130
- #879Juliann130
Tied with 4 names at #874; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 81,066 of them was named Lyn, which outranked 63.7% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,613Theo23
- #1,613Wanda23
- #1,613Yancey23
- #1,650Lyn22
- #1,650Alfonza22
- #1,650Augusto22
- #1,650Bailey22
- #1,684Benard21
- #1,684Blain21
- #1,684Brandy21
Tied with 33 names at #1,650; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.