Boys' name · since 1996
Qualyn
Qualyn has 67 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,161 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 67
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Qualyn is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 67 have been recorded since 1996.
Qualyn has 67 recorded births among boys since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2023.
- #20,161 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 67 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Qualyn ranks #20,161 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 67 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #20,161 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 67
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Qualyn's 67 recorded births place it above 55.61% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Qualyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Qualyn splits its recorded history at 2007: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1996 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2003 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Qualyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2023
- Peak year (2003)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Qualyn by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (26 births, 39% of the file).
2000s was Qualyn's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Qualyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
21 births
- 2000s
2000s
26 births
- 2010s
2010s
15 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 26 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Qualyn's decade-level peak was the 2000s (26 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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 Qualyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~27 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, 1996–2023 (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 Qualyn 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.