Girls' name · since 1986
Christalynn
58 babies named Christalynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #33,216 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 58
- born since 1986
- 2010s
- peak decade
Christalynn sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 58 recorded since 1986.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Christalynn has been recorded 58 times among girls since 1986, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, 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 1986 to 2017.
- #33,216 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 58 born since 1986
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Christalynn ranks #33,216 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 58 born since 1986, peaking in the 2010s.
- #33,216 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 58
- born since 1986
- 2010s
- peak decade
Christalynn's 58 recorded births place it above 53.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Christalynn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Christalynn's full recorded timeline at 2010, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Christalynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2017
- Peak year (2009)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Christalynn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (33 births, 57% of the file).
2010s was Christalynn's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Christalynn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
20 births
- 2010s
2010s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 33 births (57% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Christalynn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1986–2017 (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 Christalynn 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.