Lynkin
The Story of Lynkin
American parents first put Lynkin on the record books as a baby boy name in 2008, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2016, when 22 Lynkins were born — ranking #4,469 that year. About 67% of every Lynkin on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Lynkin last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 178 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Lynkin
Lynkin is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2008 and has accumulated 178 births in the dataset. Lynkin's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #4,469. Use the chart and map above to compare Lynkin'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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