# Lyn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lyn/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Lynn |
| US babies named this | 8,781 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,561 / 7,220 (82% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 17, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 11 | 10,337 |
| 2007 | 5 | 19,359 |
| 2008 | 6 | 16,672 |
| 2009 | 6 | 16,443 |
| 2010 | 8 | 12,992 |
| 2011 | 7 | 14,220 |
| 2012 | 7 | 14,414 |
| 2013 | 5 | 18,211 |
| 2015 | 6 | 15,650 |
| 2016 | 8 | 12,441 |
| 2017 | 7 | 13,549 |
| 2020 | 5 | 16,585 |
| 2022 | 6 | 14,622 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11,741 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,579 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 9 | 3,891 |
| 1977 | 9 | 4,037 |
| 1978 | 8 | 4,412 |
| 1979 | 11 | 3,726 |
| 1980 | 8 | 4,777 |
| 1981 | 7 | 5,267 |
| 1982 | 10 | 4,119 |
| 1983 | 5 | 6,909 |
| 1984 | 5 | 6,947 |
| 1985 | 8 | 4,990 |
| 1987 | 5 | 7,681 |
| 1989 | 6 | 7,548 |
| 1990 | 7 | 6,887 |
| 1993 | 5 | 9,605 |
| 1994 | 7 | 7,454 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

## People named Lyn

- Lyn Collins, American musician (1948–2005)
- Kate Lyn Sheil, American actress
- Lyn St. James, American race car driver
- Lyn Hejinian, American poet, essayist, translator, publisher
- Lyn Lemaire, American triathlete
- Lyn Murray, English-born American composer of music for radio, film and television (1909–1989)
- Anastacia, American singer
- Janis Joplin, American singer (1943–1970)
- Tara Strong, Canadian-American actress (born 1973)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.