Lynken — boys' name

What the Data Says About Lynken

The Social Security Administration has registered 87 babies named Lynken between 2011 and 2023, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lynken currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lynken performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 61 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Lynken shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lynken in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 87 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.