Girls' name · since 2005
Leilyn
Leilyn has 80 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,627 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,675 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 80
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
80 babies have been named Leilyn since 2005, making it today's #12675 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Leilyn recorded 80 times among girls since 2005, holding rank #12675 nationally today, ahead of 27% 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 2005 to 2025.
- #29,627 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,675 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 80 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leilyn ranks #29,627 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,675 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 80 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #29,627 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,675 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 80
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Leilyn's 80 recorded births place it above 58.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Leilyn compares
80 21st 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
Leilyn's all-time total is 79% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leilyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 80 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Leilyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Leilyn splits its recorded history at 2013: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2005 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Leilyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Leilyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (52 births, 65% of the file).
2010s was Leilyn's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Leilyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
21 births
- 2010s
2010s
52 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 52 births (65% of all-time use).
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What to do with Leilyn's data
- Leilyn's decade-level peak was the 2010s (52 total births); usage has since declined to 7 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 Leilyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~20 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, 2005–2025 (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 Leilyn 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.