Heilyn

#9,693 in 2025Girls' name

Winebearer, dispenser

Heilyn has been given to 110 babies in the U.S. since 2008. In 2025 it ranked #9,693 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Heilyn, 2025

1 in 332,000

Heilyn over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Heilyn: meaning, origin, and history

Winebearer, dispenser

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Heilyn means

Heilyn means “winebearer, dispenser”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 110 girls were recorded with the name Heilyn between 2008 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2023; its best national rank was #8,214 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #14,077 in 2020 to #9,693 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #17,445 in 2015 to #9,693 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Heilyn?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 332,000; 10 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 161,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #9,693; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 229,791 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Heilyn sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Heilyn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Heilyns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Heilyn was born before 2020 — so the typical Heilyn is around 5 today.

Median birth year: 2020; About 5 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 53.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 110; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 53.6% of all recorded uses (59).

Is Heilyn rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +124; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +4,384; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +7,752; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 2.00×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 76.9%; Peak was 2023 (13)
Years since peak: 2; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 25.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #8,214; 2023

Spellings of Heilyn

Heilyn is not the most common spelling — Helen is, with 89.9% against Heilyn's <0.01%.

Helen89.9%1,024,202
Kailyn1.2%14,211
Sherlyn0.79%8,954
Hellen0.73%8,353
Heidy0.53%6,085
Cailyn0.49%5,549
Keily0.47%5,355
Jerilyn0.46%5,251

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Heilyn by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #9,693
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 4,384
Best rank ever: #8,214; 2023
Peak year: 2023; 13 that year
First recorded: 2008
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 110
Count in 2025: 10

Names similar to Heilyn

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Heiley Heizel Azalyn Waylyn Kollyn Zaylyn Baylyn Edalyn Hadlyn Maclyn Baelyn Laklyn Tallyn Azelyn Pailyn Kazlyn Laylyn Leilyn Laelyn Erilyn Jezlyn Yeilyn Heidee Vaelyn

Sibling names for Heilyn

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Karleigh Rhianna Adelle Leonor Keren Kendyl

For a brother

Aaden Kale Evans Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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