Girls' name · since 1911
Lyna
1,045 babies named Lyna in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,289 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,916 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,045
- born since 1911
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lyna currently ranks #7916 among girls' names in America, with 1,045 babies recorded since 1911.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lyna has been recorded 1,045 times among girls since 1911, currently ranked #7916 nationally and more common than 54% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1911 to 2025.
- #7,289 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,916 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,045 born since 1911
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lyna ranks #7,289 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,916 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,045 born since 1911, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,289 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,916 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,045
- born since 1911
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lyna's 1,045 recorded births place it above 89.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Lyna compares
1,045 Top 31% higher than 69% 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
Lyna's all-time total is 178% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lyna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,045 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 30 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lyna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lyna splits its recorded history at 1983: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1919 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 30 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lyna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1911–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 115 years of records
Lyna by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (222 births, 21% of the file).
2000s was Lyna's strongest decade.
222 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Lyna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 20
1910s
20 births
- 1920s 21
1920s
21 births
- 1930s 7
1930s
7 births
- 1940s 55
1940s
55 births
- 1950s 67
1950s
67 births
- 1960s 57
1960s
57 births
- 1970s 62
1970s
62 births
- 1980s
1980s
125 births
- 1990s
1990s
143 births
- 2000s
2000s
222 births
- 2010s
2010s
156 births
- 2020s
2020s
110 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 222 births (21% of all-time use).
How Lyna 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 Lyna's total volume
Lyna by state
Where Lyna concentrates geographically, total births since 1911
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 98 | 9.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 11 | 1.1% |
98 of 1,045 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Lyna's data
- Lyna's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (222 total births) through the 2020s (110) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Lynas (98 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Lyna
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lyna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~114 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, 1911–2025 (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 Lyna 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.