Calyn — #13891 US unisex name

What the Data Says About Calyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 727 babies named Calyn between 1981 and 2024, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Calyn currently holds the #13891 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 35 babies received it in a single year. Calyn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 86 additional births since 1989.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Calyn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 244 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Calyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Calyn in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Calyn 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 727 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.