Total births
73
Girls' name · since 2009
Paelyn
Paelyn has 73 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 73
- total births
- 2009–2017
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 78%
- born in that decade
73 girls have been named Paelyn since 2009, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Paelyn has 73 recorded births among girls since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2017.
- 73 total births
- 2009–2017 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 78% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
73 girls have been named Paelyn since 2009, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2017.
- 73
- total births
- 2009–2017
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 78%
- born in that decade
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.
Paelyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Paelyn's full recorded timeline at 2013, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2017, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Paelyn at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
2009
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2009
Paelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2017
- Peak year (2009)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Paelyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Paelyn's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Paelyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 16
2000s
16 births
- 2010s
2010s
57 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 57 births (78% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Paelyn? ▼
Paelyn has been given to 73 babies in the U.S. since 2009, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2017. 16 babies were born in 2009, its single highest year.
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? ▼
Records for Paelyn go back to 2009, giving 9 years of history 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.
Keep exploring Paelyn
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Paeyton Girl
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Paedyn Girl
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 2009–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Paelyn: Baby Name Since 2009 - 73 Births, Peak 2009." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/paelyn. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Paelyn 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 June 2026.