girls:
1.9k births since 1918
#3901 (32nd percentile)
boys:
3.2k births since 1908
#2202 (52nd percentile)
overall:
5.1k births since 1908
#3820 (51st percentile)
The name Allyn is the #3,820 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,115 recorded births since 1908. This represents the 50.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 50.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,202 (52.0% percentile) for all time with 3,215 births since 1908. For girls, it ranks #3,901 (31.7% percentile) for all time with 1,900 births since 1918.
Allyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1908 (1908 for boys and 1918 for girls). Birth data for Allyn is available in 115 out of the 116 years between 1908 and 2023 (112 years for boys and 96 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Allyn has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (62.9% of all recorded births). In 2023, 38.5% of babies named Allyn were boys.
For boys, Allyn reached its peak popularity in 1942, achieving the 11.5% percentile (ranked #488) with 48 births per million. The name was most common in 1931, with 52 births per million (ranked 9.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Allyn ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 5.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Allyn reached its peak popularity in 1951, achieving the 12.0% percentile (ranked #615) with 48 births per million. The name was most common in 1951, with 48 births per million (ranked 12.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Allyn ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 9.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Allyn".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Allyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 81.1% confident that Allyn is pronounced as A-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is A-luhn, at 10.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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