first name
LYN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 8,755 people named Lyn, 79.6% reported their origin as White, 9.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 5.2% as Black. 87.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Lyn peaked in 1954, when 330 babies got the name.
At least 8,781 babies have been given the name since 1896. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Lyn by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #960. The largest share of babies named Lyn, 58.9%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Lyn is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lyn has been most common in Massachusetts (3.3×), California (1.9×), and Wisconsin (1.9×), and least common in Indiana (0.41×).
4,492 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Lyn
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lyn, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Lyn ranks #21,203 of 156,621, with 1,259 people. See Lyn as a last name
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