Girls' name · since 1998
Ilyn
Since 1998, U.S. Social Security records show 69 babies named Ilyn, peaking in 2010. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #31,266 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,396 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 69
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ilyn is the #11396 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 69 recorded since 1998.
Social Security Administration records show Ilyn recorded 69 times among girls since 1998, holding rank #11396 nationally today, ahead of 34% 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 1998 to 2025.
- #31,266 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,396 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 69 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ilyn ranks #31,266 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,396 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 69 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #31,266 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,396 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 69
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ilyn's 69 recorded births place it above 56.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ilyn compares
69 19th 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
Ilyn's all-time total is 82% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ilyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 69 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ilyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ilyn's full recorded timeline at 2010, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ilyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Ilyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (35 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Ilyn's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Ilyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
21 births
- 2010s
2010s
35 births
- 2020s 8
2020s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 35 births (51% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ilyn's data
- Ilyn's decade-level peak was the 2010s (35 total births); usage has since declined to 8 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ilyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Ilyn 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.