Amylynn — girls' name
223 babies named Amylynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
223 girls have been named Amylynn since 1972, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2013.
- 223
- total births
- 1972–2013
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 37%
- born in that decade
37% of everyone ever named Amylynn was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Amylynn in 1974 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Amylynn
The Social Security Administration has registered 223 babies named Amylynn between 1972 and 2013, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Amylynn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Amylynn performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Amylynn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Amylynn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 223 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Amylynn at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Amylynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1972
- Peak year (1974)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
223 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1974 with 12 births in a single year.
Amylynn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 83 births that decade — 37% of Amylynn's all-time total
Amylynn decade highlights
- Peak decade 83 births
- Runner-up 73 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Amylynn's strongest decade
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1972–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.