Recorded 2009–2017 Girls' name Peak 2009 73 births

Paelyn — girls' name

73 babies named Paelyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s162010s57
2010s
Peak decade

78% of everyone ever named Paelyn was born in this single decade.

2009
Single peak year

16 babies were named Paelyn in 2009 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Paelyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 73 babies named Paelyn between 2009 and 2017, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Paelyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Paelyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 57 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Paelyn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Paelyn 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 73 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.

Paelyn at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

73

Since 2009

9 years of records

Peak year

2009

16 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

2009

Recorded for 9 years

Last year on file: 2017

Paelyn popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2009

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2009)
16
Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
05101520 20172015201420132012201120102009 16

Paelyn by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
57 births that decade — 78% of Paelyn's all-time total
2000s162010s57

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Paelyn?
73 babies have been named Paelyn since 2009. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2009 with 16 births.
When was Paelyn most popular?
Paelyn was most popular in the 2010s decade with 57 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
How long has the name Paelyn been used?
Paelyn has been recorded in Social Security data since 2009, spanning 9 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Paelyn?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Paetyn, Paeton, Paeyton, Paetynn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2009–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.