Girls' name · since 2008
Baylynn
Since 2008, U.S. Social Security records show 224 babies named Baylynn, peaking in 2012. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,653 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,372 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 224
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Baylynn is the #5372 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 224 recorded since 2008.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Baylynn has been recorded 224 times among girls since 2008, currently ranked #5372 nationally and more common than 69% 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 2008 to 2025.
- #18,653 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,372 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 224 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Baylynn ranks #18,653 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,372 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 224 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,653 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,372 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 224
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Baylynn's 224 recorded births place it above 74.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Baylynn compares
224 39th percentile among 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
Baylynn's all-time total is 40% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Baylynn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 224 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 21 | 19,840 |
Baylynn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Baylynn's full recorded timeline at 2017, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2008, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 25 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Baylynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Baylynn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (133 births, 59% of the file).
2010s was Baylynn's strongest decade.
133 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Baylynn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
- 2010s
2010s
133 births
- 2020s
2020s
78 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 133 births (59% of all-time use).
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What to do with Baylynn's data
- Baylynn's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (133 total births) through the 2020s (78) -- 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 Baylynn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~17 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, 2008–2025 (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 Baylynn 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.