Boys' name · since 2007
Lelyn
22 babies named Lelyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,276 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 22
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lelyn sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 22 recorded since 2007.
Lelyn has 22 recorded births among boys since 2007, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2015.
- #28,276 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 22 born since 2007
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lelyn ranks #28,276 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 22 born since 2007, peaking in the 2010s.
- #28,276 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 22
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lelyn's 22 recorded births place it above 37.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lelyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lelyn splits its recorded history at 2014: 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 2007 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2015
- Peak year (2014)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Lelyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (12 births, 55% of the file).
2010s was Lelyn's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Lelyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 12 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lelyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~8 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, 2007–2015 (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 Lelyn 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.