Richlyn — girls' name
24 babies named Richlyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
24 girls have been named Richlyn since 1997, peaking in the 2020s, last recorded in 2022.
- 24
- total births
- 1997–2022
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
50% of everyone ever named Richlyn was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Richlyn in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Richlyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 24 babies named Richlyn between 1997 and 2022, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Richlyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Richlyn performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Richlyn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Richlyn 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 24 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.
Richlyn at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Richlyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1997
- Peak year (1997)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
24 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 7 births in a single year.
Richlyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 12 births that decade — 50% of Richlyn's all-time total
Richlyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Richlyn's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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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, 1997–2022 (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.