NameTides

Alyn

Alyn was the #11,932 girls' name in the US in 2025 (7 babies).

Alyn as a girl’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Alyn as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020US
Alyn as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSCanada
2025#11,932 (7)—
2024#13,477 (6)—
2022#6,707 (17)—
2021#9,562 (10)—
2020#13,453 (6)—
2019#9,736 (10)—
2018#9,151 (11)—
2017#15,902 (5)—
2016#10,859 (9)—
2015#6,721 (18)—
2014#10,955 (9)—
2013#11,969 (8)—
2012#8,208 (14)—
2011#8,196 (14)—
2010#6,641 (19)—

Alyn as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
Alyn as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020US
Alyn as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotland
2025#10,695 (6)——
2020#9,554 (7)——
2019#12,145 (5)——
2011#12,287 (5)——
2010#10,766 (6)——
2005#9,115 (7)——
2002#10,667 (5)——
1999#8,704 (6)——
1996#9,015 (5)#2,863 (3)—
1993#8,700 (5)——
1992#8,435 (5)——
1989#6,229 (7)—#335 (3)
1987——#327 (3)
1986——#317 (3)
1984——#305 (3)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2005 at #4,373.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1947.
  • In 2025, 54% of US babies named Alyn were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 250,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 250,000rare
USBoys2025about 1 in 250,000rare

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AlynCanadaGirls—too few
AlynEngland & WalesBoys—too few
AlynScotlandBoys—too few
AlynUSGirls#11,9327
AlynUSBoys#10,6956