Girls' name · since 1947
Alynn
450 babies named Alynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,603 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,937 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 450
- born since 1947
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Alynn is the #8937 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 450 recorded since 1947.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alynn has been recorded 450 times among girls since 1947, currently ranked #8937 nationally and more common than 48% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 2025.
- #12,603 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,937 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 450 born since 1947
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alynn ranks #12,603 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,937 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 450 born since 1947, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,603 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,937 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 450
- born since 1947
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alynn's 450 recorded births place it above 82.55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Alynn compares
450 Top 47% higher than 53% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Alynn's all-time total is 20% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alynn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 450 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alynn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Alynn splits its recorded history at 1999: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1947 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Alynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 79 years of records
Alynn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (120 births, 27% of the file).
2010s was Alynn's strongest decade.
120 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Alynn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 10
1940s
10 births
- 1950s 20
1950s
20 births
- 1960s 20
1960s
20 births
- 1970s 19
1970s
19 births
- 1980s
1980s
50 births
- 1990s
1990s
57 births
- 2000s
2000s
99 births
- 2010s
2010s
120 births
- 2020s
2020s
55 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 120 births (27% of all-time use).
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- Alynn's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (120 total births) through the 2020s (55) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alynn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~78 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1947–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Alynn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.