Chalyn — girls' name
71 babies named Chalyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
71 girls have been named Chalyn since 1982, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2008.
- 71
- total births
- 1982–2008
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
44% of everyone ever named Chalyn was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Chalyn in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chalyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 71 babies named Chalyn between 1982 and 2008, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chalyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chalyn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Chalyn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chalyn 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 71 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.
Chalyn at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chalyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1982
- Peak year (1996)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
71 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 11 births in a single year.
Chalyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 31 births that decade — 44% of Chalyn's all-time total
Chalyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 31 births
- Runner-up 29 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Chalyn's strongest decade
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1982–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.