Girls' name · since 2008
Palyn
107 babies named Palyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,416 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 107
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Palyn sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 107 recorded since 2008.
Social Security Administration records show Palyn recorded 107 times among girls since 2008, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2017.
- #26,416 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 107 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Palyn ranks #26,416 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 107 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #26,416 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 107
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Palyn'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.
Palyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Palyn's full recorded timeline at 2012, 30% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 70% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2015, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 31 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Palyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2017
- Peak year (2009)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Palyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (68 births, 64% of the file).
2010s was Palyn's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Palyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
39 births
- 2010s
2010s
68 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 68 births (64% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Palyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2008–2017 (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 Palyn 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.