Lyn
Lyn is a unisex given name. Notable people with the name include:Lyn Allison, Australian politician Lyn Ashley, Australian actress who worked in the United Kingdom on television during the 1960s Lyn Ashton, American slalom canoeist Lyn Bell, Australian freestyle swimmer Lyn Bennet, American politician from Montana Lyn Brown, British politician Lyn Mikel Brown, American academic, author and…
- English
Meaning & Origin of Lyn
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lyn is a unisex given name. Notable people with the name include:Lyn Allison, Australian politician Lyn Ashley, Australian actress who worked in the United Kingdom on television during the 1960s Lyn Ashton, American slalom canoeist Lyn Bell, Australian freestyle swimmer Lyn Bennet, American politician from Montana Lyn Brown, British politician Lyn Mikel Brown, American academic, author and…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Lyn
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Lyn as a girl name dates back to 1915, when 9 babies received it. 1957 was its biggest year on record, with 280 newborns named Lyn — #577 in the national rankings. About 34% of every Lyn on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Lyn last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 7K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Lyn as a boy name dates back to 1896, when 5 babies received it. 1950 was its biggest year on record, with 61 newborns named Lyn — #878 in the national rankings. About 28% of every Lyn on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Lyn last appeared in the published SSA data in 1994, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Lyn
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Lyn. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Lyn
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About the name Lyn
Lyn is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 7K births in the dataset. Lyn's peak popularity came in 1957 when it ranked #577. Use the chart and map above to compare Lyn's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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