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Lyn

#10,575 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Variant of Lynn

Lyn has been given to 8,781 babies in the U.S. since 1915. In 2025 it ranked #10,575 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1957, with 280 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 82% girls, 18% boys all-time.

Babies named Lyn, 2025

1 in 368,000

Lyn over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Lyn over time

In 2025, Lyn went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

18962025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Lyn: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Lynn

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lyn means

Lyn is a variant of Lynn.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Lyn → Lynn. The family’s proposed meaning is “lake”, recorded in the naming reference for Lynn.

Origin, language, and formation

Lyn is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Lynn.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Lyn is pronounced /ˈlɪn/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 7,220 girls were recorded with the name Lyn between 1915 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 280 in 1957; its best national rank was #533 in 1953.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #16,580 in 2020 to #10,575 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #15,645 in 2015 to #10,575 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,561 boys were recorded with the name Lyn between 1896 and 1994. Its highest annual count was 61 in 1950; its best national rank was #881 in 1950.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Lyn?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 368,000
9 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 179,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#10,575
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
255,323 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Lyn 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 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lyn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lyns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lyn was born before 1957 — so the typical Lyn is around 68 today.

Median birth year
1957
About 68 years old
Biggest decade
1950s
33.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
2.0%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
5,462
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1950s — 33.9% of all recorded uses (2,448).

Is Lyn 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
+1,161
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+6,005
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+5,070
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.50×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
3.2%
Peak was 1957 (280)
Years since peak
68
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
30.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#533
1953

Where Lyn is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Lyn was most concentrated in Massachusetts — about 1 in 11,111 girls, against 1 in 34,730 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

09 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Massachusetts1 in 11,111
  2. 2California1 in 20,000
  3. 3Connecticut1 in 20,000
  4. 4Wisconsin1 in 20,000
  5. 5Illinois1 in 25,000
  6. 6Michigan1 in 25,000
  7. 7New York1 in 25,000
  8. 8Ohio1 in 25,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Lyn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Lyn is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Lyn was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 371,221 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Louisiana1 in —
  3. 3Michigan1 in —
  4. 4New York1 in —
  5. 5Ohio1 in —
  6. 6Texas1 in —
  7. 7Utah1 in —
  8. 8Washington1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Lyn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Lyn around the world

Where Lyn ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2000–2024
    #5,892
    in 2024
  • Scotland
    1974–1998
    #664
    in 1998
  • Ireland
    1971–1986
    #458
    in 1986
  • France
    1993–2025
    #1,903
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1995–2021
    #3,354
    in 2021
  • South Australia
    1944–2005
    #775
    in 2005

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Lyn

People whose public names include Lyn, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Lyn in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Lyn. Linked forms have their own page here.

LinLinnLynaLyneLynn

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Lyn by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#10,575
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 6,005
Best rank ever
#533
1953
Peak year
1957
280 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
7,220
Count in 2025
9

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#881
1950
Peak year
1950
61 that year
First recorded
1896
Last recorded
1994
All-time count
1,561
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Lyn

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

LynaKalynLyndiLynnaJalynLynaeAilynEllynLynleeMarlynLynneLynneaLyndseyJaylynCailynEvalynJailynOaklynArlynLyndaLynseyJaslynJoslynLynn

Names with a curve like Lyn

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Lyn, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

SuzanBonnyNanciMariannPamalaFranCheryleLouannJacqueRonnaMaryjoGayla

Sibling names for Lyn

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

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