Unisex name · since 2016
Lynox
Since 2016, U.S. Social Security records show 48 babies named Lynox, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,481 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,455 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 48
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Lynox is the #10455 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 48 recorded since 2016.
Lynox has 48 recorded births among boys since 2016, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10455 as of the latest data, more common than 25% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2025.
- #22,481 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,455 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 48 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lynox ranks #22,481 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,455 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 48 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #22,481 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,455 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 48
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Lynox's 48 recorded births place it above 50.45% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Lynox compares
48 16th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Lynox's all-time total is 87% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lynox | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 48 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Lynox's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lynox's full recorded timeline at 2022, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2016, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lynox popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Lynox popularity over time - girls
31 total births recorded since 2015 (Lynox as girls' name)
Lynox by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (43 births, 90% of the file).
2020s was Lynox's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 90% of all-time use.
Lynox births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 43 births (90% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lynox: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~9 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, 2016–2025 (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 Lynox 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.