Westlyn — #10153 US unisex name
423 babies named Westlyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2015, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 43% of names given to girls today.
69% of everyone ever named Westlyn was born in this single decade.
109 babies were named Westlyn in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Westlyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 423 babies named Westlyn between 2015 and 2024, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Westlyn currently holds the #10153 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 109 babies received it in a single year. Westlyn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 35 additional births since 2017.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Westlyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 292 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Westlyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 45 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Westlyn in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Westlyn 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 423 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.
Westlyn at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Westlyn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2015
- Peak year (2017)
- 109
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
Currently ranks #10153 among girls.
423 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 109 births in a single year.
Westlyn popularity over time — boys
35 total births recorded since 2017 (Westlyn as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Westlyn accounts for 8% of total recorded use across both genders.
Westlyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 292 births that decade — 69% of Westlyn's all-time total
Westlyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 292 births
- Runner-up 131 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Westlyn's strongest decade
292 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 69% of all-time use.
Westlyn by state
Where Westlyn concentrates geographically — total births since 2015
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 45 | 10.6% |
| #2 | California | | 15 | 3.5% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 13 | 3.1% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 12 | 2.8% |
| #5 | Florida | | 7 | 1.7% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 6 | 1.4% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 6 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 1.2% |
45 of 423 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 10.6% of nationwide
- California 3.5% of nationwide
- Ohio 3.1% of nationwide
- Georgia 2.8% of nationwide
- Florida 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 10.6% 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, 2015–2024 (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.