Paislyn — #10902 US girls' name
182 babies named Paislyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 38% of names given to girls today.
66% of everyone ever named Paislyn was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Paislyn in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Paislyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 182 babies named Paislyn between 2012 and 2024, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Paislyn currently holds the #10902 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Paislyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 121 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Paislyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Paislyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Paislyn 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 182 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.
Paislyn at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Paislyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2012
- Peak year (2019)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
Currently ranks #10902 among girls.
182 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 23 births in a single year.
Paislyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 121 births that decade — 66% of Paislyn's all-time total
Paislyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 121 births
- Runner-up 61 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Paislyn's strongest decade
121 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 66% of all-time use.
Paislyn by state
Where Paislyn concentrates geographically — total births since 2012
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.7% |
5 of 182 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2012–2024 (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.