Girls' name · since 2008
Paylin
Paylin has 138 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,662 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 138
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Paylin sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 138 recorded since 2008.
Paylin has 138 recorded births among girls since 2008, 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 2008 to 2022.
- #23,662 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 138 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Paylin ranks #23,662 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 138 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,662 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 138
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Paylin's 138 recorded births place it above 67.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Paylin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Paylin splits its recorded history at 2014: 33% of all births land in the more recent half, 67% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2018 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2011 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Paylin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2022
- Peak year (2011)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Paylin by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (99 births, 72% of the file).
2010s was Paylin's strongest decade.
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Paylin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 32
2000s
32 births
- 2010s
2010s
99 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 99 births (72% of all-time use).
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- Paylin's decade-level peak was the 2010s (99 total births); usage has since declined to 7 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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Similar record span (~14 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, 2008–2022 (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 Paylin 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.