Girls' name · since 1990
Edelyn
Edelyn has 505 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,789 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,492 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 505
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
505 babies have been named Edelyn since 1990, making it today's #3492 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Edelyn recorded 505 times among girls since 1990, holding rank #3492 nationally today, ahead of 80% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #11,789 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,492 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 505 born since 1990
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Edelyn ranks #11,789 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,492 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 505 born since 1990, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,789 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,492 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 505
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Edelyn's 505 recorded births place it above 83.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Edelyn compares
505 Top 45% higher than 55% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Edelyn's all-time total is 34% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Edelyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 505 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 44 | 21 | 19,840 |
Edelyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Edelyn splits its recorded history at 2012: 70% of all births land in the more recent half, 30% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1990 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 44 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Edelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 44
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Edelyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (222 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Edelyn's strongest decade.
222 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Edelyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 21
1990s
21 births
- 2000s 84
2000s
84 births
- 2010s
2010s
222 births
- 2020s
2020s
178 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 222 births (44% of all-time use).
How Edelyn compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Edelyn's total volume
Edelyn by state
Where Edelyn concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 42 | 8.3% |
| #2 | California | | 27 | 5.3% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 10 | 2.0% |
| #4 | New York | | 7 | 1.4% |
42 of 505 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Edelyn's data
- Edelyn's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (222 total births) through the 2020s (178) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Edelyns (42 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
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 Edelyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Edelyn 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.