girls:
719 births since 1943
#4997 (13th percentile)
boys:
99 births since 1931
#4487 (2nd percentile)
overall:
818 births since 1931
#6921 (11th percentile)
The name Delynn is the #6,921 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 818 recorded births since 1931. This represents the 10.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,997 (12.6% percentile) for all time with 719 births since 1943. For boys, it ranks #4,487 (2.1% percentile) for all time with 99 births since 1931.
Delynn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1931 (1931 for boys and 1943 for girls). Birth data for Delynn is available in 54 out of the 81 years between 1931 and 2011 (50 years for girls and 16 years for boys). 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 Delynn has been given predominantly to girls, with 87.9% of all recorded births being female. In 2011, 100.0% of babies named Delynn were girls. Interestingly, until around 1943, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1931 to 1942), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (89.8% girls from 1943 to 2011).
For girls, Delynn reached its peak popularity in 1958, achieving the 4.1% percentile (ranked #734) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1958, with 17 births per million (ranked 4.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2011.
For boys, Delynn reached its peak popularity in 1957, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #653) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1931, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1997.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Delynn".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Delynn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 51.4% confident that Delynn is pronounced as DEH-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is duh-LIHN, at 16.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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