How Many People Are Named Lyn?
people named Lyn are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 52,029 people in the US has this name
Based on 8,781 babies named Lyn in Social Security records from 1896 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
330 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of LYNN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Lyn in English. Counting Lyn and these spellings together, about 55,413 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Lyn, 85.7% were girls and 14.3% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Lyn rose from 66.1% in the 1920s to 87% in the 1990s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lyn alive today is about 64 years old, and 70% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 57 and 73 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lyn first appears in the records in 1896 and was given most often in 1954, to 330 babies. In 2025, 9 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1896 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lyn has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #533, in 1953. In 2025 it ranked #10,575. Among boys, its best rank was #881, in 1950.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #10,575 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #533 (1953) | #881 (1950) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #585 in the 1950s | #1,133 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lyn alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lyn were born in California than in any other state: about 662 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lyn was given 3 times as often in Massachusetts, 2.4 times in California and 1.7 times in Connecticut.
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