Paigelyn — girls' name
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.
59% of everyone ever named Paigelyn was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Paigelyn in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Paigelyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Paigelyn between 1997 and 2006, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Paigelyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Paigelyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Paigelyn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Paigelyn 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 27 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.
Paigelyn at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Paigelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1997
- Peak year (1998)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
27 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 6 births in a single year.
Paigelyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 16 births that decade — 59% of Paigelyn's all-time total
Paigelyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Paigelyn's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
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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, 1997–2006 (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.