Girls' name · since 2001
Lyniah
Lyniah has 263 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,109 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,994 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 263
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Lyniah is the #13994 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 263 recorded since 2001.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lyniah has been recorded 263 times among girls since 2001, currently ranked #13994 nationally and more common than 19% 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 2001 to 2025.
- #17,109 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,994 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 263 born since 2001
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lyniah ranks #17,109 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,994 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 263 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,109 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,994 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 263
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lyniah's 263 recorded births place it above 76.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Lyniah compares
263 42nd 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
Lyniah's all-time total is 30% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lyniah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 263 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lyniah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lyniah's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 38% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 62%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2014, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 24, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lyniah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Lyniah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (116 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Lyniah's strongest decade.
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Lyniah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
116 births
- 2010s
2010s
116 births
- 2020s 31
2020s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 116 births (44% of all-time use).
Lyniah by state
Where Lyniah concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 2.3% |
6 of 263 births nationwide.
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What to do with Lyniah's data
- Lyniah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (116 total births); usage has since declined to 31 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Lyniahs (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Names with a similar popularity rank to Lyniah
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lyniah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Lyniah 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.