Total births
27
Girls' name · since 1997
Paigelyn
27 babies named Paigelyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 27
- total births
- 1997–2006
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 59%
- born in that decade
Paigelyn sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 27 recorded since 1997.
Paigelyn has 27 recorded births among girls since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2006.
- 27 total births
- 1997–2006 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 59% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
27 girls have been named Paigelyn since 1997, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2006.
- 27
- total births
- 1997–2006
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 59%
- born in that decade
2000s
Peak decade
59% of everyone ever named Paigelyn was born in this single decade.
1998
Single peak year
6 babies were named Paigelyn in 1998 - its busiest year on record.
Paigelyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Paigelyn's full recorded timeline at 2002, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Paigelyn at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
1998
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1997
Paigelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2006
- Peak year (1998)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Paigelyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Paigelyn's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Paigelyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 16 births (59% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Paigelyn? ▼
Paigelyn has been given to 27 babies in the U.S. since 1997, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2006. 6 babies were born in 1998, its single highest year.
When was Paigelyn most popular? ▼
Paigelyn was most popular in the 2000s decade with 16 total births. The single peak year was 1998.
How long has the name Paigelyn been used? ▼
Paigelyn has been recorded in Social Security data since 1997, spanning 10 years of data through 2006.
What names are similar to Paigelyn? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Paige, Paisley, Paislee, Paityn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
Keep exploring Paigelyn
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Paityn 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, 1997–2006 (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. "Paigelyn: Baby Name Since 1997 - 27 Births, Peak 1998." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/paigelyn. 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 Paigelyn 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.