Baelyn — #10780 US unisex name
118 babies named Baelyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 39% of names given to girls today.
55% of everyone ever named Baelyn was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Baelyn in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Baelyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 118 babies named Baelyn between 2006 and 2024, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Baelyn currently holds the #10780 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 17 babies received it in a single year. Baelyn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 11 additional births since 2012.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Baelyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Baelyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Baelyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Baelyn 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 118 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.
Baelyn at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Baelyn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2006
- Peak year (2013)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
Currently ranks #10780 among girls.
118 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 17 births in a single year.
Baelyn popularity over time — boys
11 total births recorded since 2012 (Baelyn as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Baelyn accounts for 9% of total recorded use across both genders.
Baelyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 65 births that decade — 55% of Baelyn's all-time total
Baelyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 65 births
- Runner-up 32 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Baelyn's strongest decade
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Baelyn by state
Where Baelyn concentrates geographically — total births since 2006
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 5 | 4.2% |
5 of 118 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 4.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 4.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2006–2024 (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.