Feminine dossier · first seen 1915

Lyn

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

Endangered Down 97.1% from peak

Peak era

1957

Peak rank proxy

280

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1915Peak 19572024

Peak year

1957

Decline from peak

97.1%

2024

All-time

7,211

Lyn once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1957, when 280 girls were named Lyn.

In 2024, only 8 girls were given the name.

Down 97.1% from its peak.

All told, about 7,211 Americans have been named Lyn and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1915.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.1% from peak

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