Unisex name · since 1944
Wyn
Wyn has 164 recorded births since 1944 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,187 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,651 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 164
- born since 1944
- 2020s
- peak decade
164 babies have been named Wyn since 1944, making it today's #5651 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wyn has been recorded 164 times among boys since 1944, currently ranked #5651 nationally and more common than 59% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 2025.
- #14,187 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,651 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 164 born since 1944
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wyn ranks #14,187 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,651 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 164 born since 1944, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,187 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,651 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 164
- born since 1944
- 2020s
- peak decade
Wyn's 164 recorded births place it above 68.8% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Wyn compares
164 34th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Wyn's all-time total is 56% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Wyn | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 164 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Wyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Wyn splits its recorded history at 2012: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1944 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Wyn popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 82 years of records
Wyn popularity over time - girls
37 total births recorded since 1959 (Wyn as girls' name)
Wyn by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (65 births, 40% of the file).
2020s was Wyn's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Wyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
28 births
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
51 births
- 2020s
2020s
65 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 65 births (40% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Wyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~81 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, 1944–2025 (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 Wyn 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.