Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

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
1900192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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