Girls' name · since 2000
Chailyn
Since 2000, U.S. Social Security records show 144 babies named Chailyn, peaking in 2004. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,182 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 144
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chailyn is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 144 have been recorded since 2000.
Chailyn has 144 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2012.
- #23,182 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 144 born since 2000
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chailyn ranks #23,182 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 144 born since 2000, peaking in the 2000s.
- #23,182 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 144
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chailyn's 144 recorded births place it above 67.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chailyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chailyn's full recorded timeline at 2006, 40% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 60% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2008, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chailyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2012
- Peak year (2004)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Chailyn by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (121 births, 84% of the file).
2000s was Chailyn's strongest decade.
121 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 84% of all-time use.
Chailyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
121 births
- 2010s 23
2010s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 121 births (84% of all-time use).
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- Chailyn's decade-level peak was the 2000s (121 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2010s -- 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 Chailyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~12 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, 2000–2012 (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 Chailyn 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.