Girls' name · since 1998
Skilyn
Skilyn has 73 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,719 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 73
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Skilyn is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 73 have been recorded since 1998.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Skilyn has been recorded 73 times among girls since 1998, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2020.
- #30,719 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 73 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Skilyn ranks #30,719 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 73 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #30,719 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 73
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Skilyn's 73 recorded births place it above 57.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Skilyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Skilyn's full recorded timeline at 2014, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Skilyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2020
- Peak year (2005)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Skilyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (40 births, 55% of the file).
2010s was Skilyn's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Skilyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
23 births
- 2010s
2010s
40 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 40 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Skilyn's decade-level peak was the 2010s (40 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 Skilyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~22 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, 1998–2020 (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 Skilyn 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.