Unisex name · since 1956
Dalynn
Dalynn has 423 recorded births since 1956 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1970 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,068 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 423
- born since 1956
- 1990s
- peak decade
423 girls have been named Dalynn since 1956, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Dalynn has 423 recorded births among girls since 1956, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 2024.
- #13,068 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 423 born since 1956
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dalynn ranks #13,068 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 423 born since 1956, peaking in the 1990s.
- #13,068 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 423
- born since 1956
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dalynn's 423 recorded births place it above 81.91% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dalynn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dalynn splits its recorded history at 1991: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1958 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1970 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dalynn popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–2024
- Peak year (1970)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 69 years of records
Dalynn popularity over time - boys
49 total births recorded since 1998 (Dalynn as boys' name)
Dalynn by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (74 births, 17% of the file).
1990s was Dalynn's strongest decade.
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 17% of all-time use.
Dalynn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 19
1950s
19 births
- 1960s
1960s
46 births
- 1970s
1970s
63 births
- 1980s
1980s
61 births
- 1990s
1990s
74 births
- 2000s
2000s
71 births
- 2010s
2010s
71 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 74 births (17% of all-time use).
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What to do with Dalynn's data
- Dalynn's decade-level peak was the 1990s (74 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2020s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Dalynn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~68 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, 1956–2024 (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 Dalynn 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.