Unisex name · since 2010
Naylen
Naylen has 32 recorded births since 2010 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,454 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,108 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 32
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
32 babies have been named Naylen since 2010, making it today's #13108 unisex name.
Naylen has 32 recorded births among boys since 2010, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13108 as of the latest data, more common than 6% 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 2010 to 2025.
- #25,454 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,108 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 32 born since 2010
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Naylen ranks #25,454 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,108 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 32 born since 2010, peaking in the 2020s.
- #25,454 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,108 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 32
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
Naylen's 32 recorded births place it above 43.9% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Naylen compares
32 12th 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
Naylen's all-time total is 91% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Naylen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 32 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Naylen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Naylen splits its recorded history at 2023: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2010 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Naylen popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Naylen popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2010 (Naylen as girls' name)
Naylen by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (20 births, 63% of the file).
2020s was Naylen's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Naylen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 20 births (63% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Naylen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~15 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, 2010–2025 (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 Naylen 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.