Berlyn — #5806 US unisex name

What the Data Says About Berlyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 918 babies named Berlyn between 1928 and 2024, spanning 97 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Berlyn currently holds the #5806 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 54 babies received it in a single year. Berlyn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 87 additional births since 1916.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Berlyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 340 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Berlyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 269 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Utah. In total, SSA state-level files list Berlyn in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Berlyn 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 918 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.