Feminine dossier · first seen 1996

Irelyn

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Irelyn
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2008

Peak rank proxy

176

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1996Peak 20082024

Peak year

2008

Decline from peak

74.4%

2024

All-time

1,561

Irelyn has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2008, when 176 girls were named Irelyn.

In 2024, only 45 girls were given the name.

Down 74.4% from its peak.

All told, about 1,561 Americans have been named Irelyn and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1996.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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