Girls' name · since 2011
Pailynn
Since 2011, U.S. Social Security records show 107 babies named Pailynn, peaking in 2014. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,415 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 107
- born since 2011
- 2010s
- peak decade
107 girls have been named Pailynn since 2011, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Pailynn has 107 recorded births among girls since 2011, 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 2011 to 2022.
- #26,415 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 107 born since 2011
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pailynn ranks #26,415 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 107 born since 2011, peaking in the 2010s.
- #26,415 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 107
- born since 2011
- 2010s
- peak decade
Pailynn's 107 recorded births place it above 63.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Pailynn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Pailynn's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 37% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 63%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2022, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2014 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Pailynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2022
- Peak year (2014)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Pailynn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (86 births, 80% of the file).
2010s was Pailynn's strongest decade.
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 80% of all-time use.
Pailynn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
86 births
- 2020s 21
2020s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 86 births (80% of all-time use).
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What to do with Pailynn's data
- Pailynn's decade-level peak was the 2010s (86 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Pailynn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~11 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, 2011–2022 (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 Pailynn 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.