Lyn*
#1,774 most common girls' name of all time · #3,043 across all names · 18% male / 82% female · used 1896–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#1,774
Rank overall
#3,043 of 105,966
First appeared
1896
Years on the list
107 of 146
All-time
8,781
Since 2016
43
Peak year
1954 #536
Best rank
#535 1953
Girls
Boys
peak 330/yr
Lyn first appears in 1896. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,153 |
| 2024 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,173 |
| 2022 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,671 |
| 2020 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,182 |
| 2017 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,766 |
| 2016 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,834 |
| 2015 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,566 |
| 2013 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,658 |
| 2012 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,540 |
| 2011 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,419 |
| 2010 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,329 |
| 2009 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,316 |
| 2008 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,484 |
| 2007 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,737 |
| 2006 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,944 |
| 2005 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,072 |
| 2004 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,307 |
| 2003 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,471 |
| 2002 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,666 |
| 2001 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,157 |
| 2000 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,122 |
| 1999 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,500 |
| 1998 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,396 |
| 1997 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,877 |
| 1996 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,626 |
| 1995 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,562 |
| 1994 | 14 | 7 | 21 | #6,349 |
| 1993 | 13 | 5 | 18 | #6,662 |
| 1992 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,355 |
| 1991 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,625 |
| 1990 | 24 | 7 | 31 | #4,131 |
| 1989 | 19 | 6 | 25 | #4,691 |
| 1988 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,679 |
| 1987 | 25 | 5 | 30 | #3,543 |
| 1986 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,219 |
| 1985 | 18 | 8 | 26 | #4,304 |
| 1984 | 21 | 5 | 26 | #3,749 |
| 1983 | 29 | 5 | 34 | #2,924 |
| 1982 | 32 | 10 | 42 | #2,842 |
| 1981 | 39 | 7 | 46 | #2,456 |
| 1980 | 37 | 8 | 45 | #2,554 |
| 1979 | 50 | 11 | 61 | #2,026 |
| 1978 | 40 | 8 | 48 | #2,276 |
| 1977 | 48 | 9 | 57 | #2,008 |
| 1976 | 51 | 9 | 60 | #1,823 |
| 1975 | 71 | 12 | 83 | #1,448 |
| 1974 | 60 | 10 | 70 | #1,583 |
| 1973 | 81 | 17 | 98 | #1,277 |
| 1972 | 81 | 14 | 95 | #1,267 |
| 1971 | 111 | 31 | 142 | #1,087 |
| 1970 | 106 | 25 | 131 | #1,112 |
| 1969 | 120 | 28 | 148 | #986 |
| 1968 | 122 | 49 | 171 | #935 |
| 1967 | 145 | 20 | 165 | #836 |
| 1966 | 131 | 22 | 153 | #875 |
| 1965 | 161 | 25 | 186 | #783 |
| 1964 | 201 | 35 | 236 | #735 |
| 1963 | 198 | 32 | 230 | #729 |
| 1962 | 279 | 23 | 302 | #596 |
| 1961 | 214 | 34 | 248 | #711 |
| 1960 | 216 | 34 | 250 | #693 |
| 1959 | 200 | 44 | 244 | #707 |
| 1958 | 238 | 27 | 265 | #638 |
| 1957 | 280 | 35 | 315 | #577 |
| 1956 | 277 | 41 | 318 | #564 |
| 1955 | 268 | 36 | 304 | #554 |
| 1954 | 274 | 56 | 330 | #536 |
| 1953 | 261 | 51 | 312 | #535 |
| 1952 | 245 | 45 | 290 | #547 |
| 1951 | 223 | 43 | 266 | #575 |
| 1950 | 182 | 61 | 243 | #632 |
| 1949 | 195 | 42 | 237 | #594 |
| 1948 | 200 | 44 | 244 | #588 |
| 1947 | 225 | 59 | 284 | #569 |
| 1946 | 204 | 50 | 254 | #554 |
| 1945 | 138 | 28 | 166 | #619 |
| 1944 | 125 | 37 | 162 | #662 |
| 1943 | 104 | 29 | 133 | #760 |
| 1942 | 77 | 27 | 104 | #893 |
| 1941 | 60 | 36 | 96 | #952 |
| 1940 | 59 | 27 | 86 | #941 |
| 1939 | 52 | 26 | 78 | #984 |
| 1938 | 35 | 18 | 53 | #1,244 |
| 1937 | 32 | 20 | 52 | #1,294 |
| 1936 | 23 | 19 | 42 | #1,574 |
| 1935 | 20 | 10 | 30 | #1,755 |
| 1934 | 28 | 18 | 46 | #1,393 |
| 1933 | 18 | 10 | 28 | #1,874 |
| 1932 | 18 | 8 | 26 | #1,919 |
| 1931 | 26 | 9 | 35 | #1,487 |
| 1930 | 14 | 9 | 23 | #2,351 |
| 1929 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,230 |
| 1928 | 14 | 6 | 20 | #2,435 |
| 1927 | 13 | 7 | 20 | #2,614 |
| 1926 | 13 | 6 | 19 | #2,625 |
| 1925 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,522 |
| 1924 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,715 |
| 1923 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1921 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #4,594 |
| 1920 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1919 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1918 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,403 |
| 1917 | 10 | 6 | 16 | #2,979 |
| 1916 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1915 | 9 | 6 | 15 | #2,985 |
| 1914 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1896 | — | 5 | 5 | — |