Unisex name · since 2000
Baylin
Baylin has 293 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,719 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,603 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 293
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Baylin is the #8603 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 293 recorded since 2000.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Baylin has been recorded 293 times among boys since 2000, currently ranked #8603 nationally and more common than 38% of boys, 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 2000 to 2025.
- #10,719 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,603 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 293 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Baylin ranks #10,719 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,603 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 293 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #10,719 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,603 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 293
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Baylin's 293 recorded births place it above 76.41% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Baylin compares
293 45th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Baylin's all-time total is 21% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Baylin | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 293 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 34 | 22,252 |
Baylin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Baylin's full recorded timeline at 2013, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2003, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Baylin popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Baylin popularity over time - girls
270 total births recorded since 1995 (Baylin as girls' name)
Baylin by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (149 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Baylin's strongest decade.
149 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Baylin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
100 births
- 2010s
2010s
149 births
- 2020s 44
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 149 births (51% of all-time use).
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What to do with Baylin's data
- Baylin's decade-level peak was the 2010s (149 total births); usage has since declined to 44 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Baylin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~25 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, 2000–2025 (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 Baylin 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.