girls:
464 births since 1947
#5252 (8th percentile)
boys:
315 births since 1928
#4271 (7th percentile)
overall:
779 births since 1928
#6960 (10th percentile)
The name Alyn is the #6,960 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 779 recorded births since 1928. This represents the 10.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,252 (8.1% percentile) for all time with 464 births since 1947. For boys, it ranks #4,271 (6.8% percentile) for all time with 315 births since 1928.
Alyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1928 (1928 for boys and 1947 for girls). Birth data for Alyn is available in 74 out of the 95 years between 1928 and 2022 (46 years for boys and 42 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 Alyn has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (59.6% of all recorded births). In 2022, 100.0% of babies named Alyn were girls. Interestingly, until around 1977, the name was more popular for boys (89.6% boys from 1928 to 1976), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (85.3% girls from 1977 to 2022).
For girls, Alyn reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 2.8% percentile (ranked #913) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
For boys, Alyn reached its peak popularity in 1931, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #509) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 1931, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2020.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Alyn".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Alyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 37.0% confident that Alyn is pronounced as A-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AY-lihn, at 22.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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