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Lyn
Pronounced /ˈlɪn/
Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1950 · #880
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:8 in 2024 (#11,491)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- No boys were recorded as Lyn in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
- It peaked in 1950 with 61 babies, ranked #880.
- It first shows up in the records in 1896.
- 1,561 boys 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
- 0Gen Z1997–12
- 0Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 64 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 337 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 792 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 298 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 65 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 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.