Girls' name · since 1997
Richlyn
Since 1997, U.S. Social Security records show 24 babies named Richlyn, peaking in 1997. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #43,777 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 24
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Richlyn sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 24 recorded since 1997.
Richlyn has 24 recorded births among girls since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2022.
- #43,777 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 24 born since 1997
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Richlyn ranks #43,777 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 24 born since 1997, peaking in the 2020s.
- #43,777 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 24
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Richlyn's 24 recorded births place it above 39.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Richlyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Richlyn's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2016, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1997 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Richlyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2022
- Peak year (1997)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Richlyn by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (12 births, 50% of the file).
2020s was Richlyn's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Richlyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 12 births (50% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Richlyn: 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, 1997–2022 (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 Richlyn 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.