Unisex name · since 2012
Nylin
39 babies named Nylin in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,942 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,547 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 39
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
39 babies have been named Nylin since 2012, making it today's #11547 unisex name.
Nylin has 39 recorded births among boys since 2012, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11547 as of the latest data, more common than 17% 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 2012 to 2025.
- #23,942 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,547 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 39 born since 2012
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nylin ranks #23,942 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,547 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 39 born since 2012, peaking in the 2020s.
- #23,942 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,547 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 39
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nylin's 39 recorded births place it above 47.22% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nylin compares
39 14th 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
Nylin's all-time total is 89% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nylin | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 39 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Nylin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nylin splits its recorded history at 2021: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2014 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nylin popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Nylin popularity over time - girls
10 total births recorded since 2006 (Nylin as girls' name)
Nylin by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (27 births, 69% of the file).
2020s was Nylin's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Nylin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 27 births (69% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nylin: 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 (~13 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, 2012–2025 (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 Nylin 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.