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Lyn
Pronounced /ˈlɪn/
Rank in 2024
#11,491
Born in 2024
8
Peak year
1957 · #577
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 8 girls were named Lyn, about 1 in every 201,649.
- It peaked in 1957 with 280 babies, ranked #577.
- It first shows up in the records in 1915.
- 7,211 girls have been named Lyn since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Lyn per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- 0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 76 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 858 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Boomers: 4,380 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,415 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Millennials: 309 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 128 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 45 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
- A short form of female given names ending in -lyn, such as Evelyn and Carolyn; also used as a formal unisex middle name.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈlɪn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Lyn, CC BY-SA 4.0.