Unisex name · since 2013

Gatlynn

Since 2013, U.S. Social Security records show 60 babies named Gatlynn, peaking in 2017. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#32,833 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#16,497 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
60
born since 2013
2020s
peak decade

Yes -- Gatlynn is the #16497 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 60 recorded since 2013.

Gatlynn has 60 recorded births among girls since 2013, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #16497 as of the latest data, more common than 5% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2025.

  • #32,833 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #16,497 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 60 born since 2013
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gatlynn ranks #32,833 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,497 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 60 born since 2013, peaking in the 2020s.

#32,833 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#16,497 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
60
born since 2013
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%4.6%
Gatlynn vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Gatlynn's 60 recorded births place it above 54.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Gatlynn compares

60 18th percentile among 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

Gatlynn's all-time total is 84% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Gatlynn Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 60 376 567,345
Peak-year births 8 21 19,840

Gatlynn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Gatlynn's full recorded timeline at 2021, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2013, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Gatlynn popularity over time - girls

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2017)
8
Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
456789 2013201520172019202020212022202320242025 5

Gatlynn popularity over time - boys

13 total births recorded since 2014 (Gatlynn as boys' name)

Unisex variant - 13 births
456789 20142017 5

Gatlynn by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (35 births, 58% of the file).

2020s was Gatlynn's strongest decade.

35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.

Gatlynn births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 35 births (58% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Gatlynn?
Since 2013, Social Security records show 60 babies named Gatlynn. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #32,833 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #16,497 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2017, with 8 births.
Where does Gatlynn sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gatlynn ranks #32,833 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,497 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Gatlynn most popular?
Gatlynn was most popular in the 2020s decade with 35 total births. The single peak year was 2017.
Is Gatlynn a unisex name?
Yes, Gatlynn is used for both boys and girls. As a girl's name it has 60 births, and as a boy's name it has 13 births.
How long has the name Gatlynn been used?
The SSA has tracked Gatlynn since 2013 -- 13 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Gatlynn?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Gatha, Gatlyn, Gathel, Gates, and 2 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Gatlynn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2013–2025 (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 Gatlynn 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.