Tamlyn — girls' name
149 babies named Tamlyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Tamlyn was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Tamlyn in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tamlyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 149 babies named Tamlyn between 1956 and 2014, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tamlyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tamlyn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 47 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Tamlyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tamlyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tamlyn 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 149 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.
Tamlyn at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tamlyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1956
- Peak year (1991)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
149 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 18 births in a single year.
Tamlyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 47 births that decade — 32% of Tamlyn's all-time total
Tamlyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 47 births
- Runner-up 45 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Tamlyn's strongest decade
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Tamlyn by state
Where Tamlyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1956
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.4% |
5 of 149 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1956–2014 (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.