Girls' name · since 1951
Loryn
1,695 babies named Loryn in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,267 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,949 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,695
- born since 1951
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Loryn is the #8949 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,695 recorded since 1951.
Loryn has 1,695 recorded births among girls since 1951, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8949 as of the latest data, more common than 48% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1951 to 2025.
- #5,267 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,949 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,695 born since 1951
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Loryn ranks #5,267 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,949 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,695 born since 1951, peaking in the 1990s.
- #5,267 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,949 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,695
- born since 1951
- 1990s
- peak decade
Loryn's 1,695 recorded births place it above 92.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Loryn compares
1,695 Top 25% higher than 75% 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
Loryn's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Loryn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,695 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 71 | 21 | 19,840 |
Loryn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Loryn's full recorded timeline at 1994, 68% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 32% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1951, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 71 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Loryn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 71
- Annual births at peak, across 75 years of records
Loryn by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (520 births, 31% of the file).
1990s was Loryn's strongest decade.
520 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Loryn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 26
1950s
26 births
- 1960s 34
1960s
34 births
- 1970s 72
1970s
72 births
- 1980s
1980s
210 births
- 1990s
1990s
520 births
- 2000s
2000s
462 births
- 2010s
2010s
267 births
- 2020s 104
2020s
104 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 520 births (31% of all-time use).
How Loryn 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 Loryn's total volume
Loryn by state
Where Loryn concentrates geographically, total births since 1951
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 169 | 10.0% |
| #2 | California | | 92 | 5.4% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 16 | 0.9% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 11 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #6 | New York | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Colorado | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Florida | | 5 | 0.3% |
169 of 1,695 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Loryn appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Loryn's data
- Loryn's decade-level peak was the 1990s (520 total births); usage has since declined to 104 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Loryns (169 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Loryn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~74 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, 1951–2025 (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 Loryn 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.