Ailyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EYE-lin
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,318 for girls
Ailyn is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 1,318th for girls in the US (169 babies).
What does Ailyn mean?
Irish: spelling of Aileen, from Irish Eibhlin
Aileen anglicises the Irish Eibhlin, which came to Ireland with the Normans as a form of Aveline.
Is Ailyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Ailyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 169 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ailyn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 433% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Ailyn, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 6 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Ailyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
How popular is Ailyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,318th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 169 about 1 in 9,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 169 girls in the US were named Ailyn, making it the 1,318th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,231st. Its busiest year was 2012, with 241 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Ailyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 189 girls in the US were given Ailyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,088, up from #1,318 for this spelling alone.
- Ailyn 169
- Ailynn 20
Ailyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 169 | #1,318 |
| 2024 | 163 | #1,383 |
| 2023 | 131 | #1,595 |
| 2022 | 182 | #1,295 |
| 2021 | 144 | #1,484 |
| 2020 | 185 | #1,231 |
| 2019 | 188 | #1,244 |
| 2018 | 143 | #1,520 |
| 2017 | 172 | #1,348 |
| 2016 | 184 | #1,300 |
| 2015 | 236 | #1,095 |
| 2014 | 207 | #1,183 |
| 2013 | 206 | #1,165 |
| 2012 | 241 | #1,044 |
| 2011 | 189 | #1,261 |
| 2010 | 195 | #1,234 |
| 2009 | 207 | #1,207 |
| 2008 | 221 | #1,160 |
| 2007 | 179 | #1,354 |
| 2006 | 137 | #1,574 |
| 2005 | 115 | #1,718 |
| 2004 | 88 | #2,065 |
| 2003 | 71 | #2,343 |
| 2002 | 85 | #2,025 |
| 2001 | 92 | #1,883 |
| 2000 | 75 | #2,137 |
| 1999 | 84 | #1,871 |
| 1998 | 65 | #2,185 |
| 1997 | 65 | #2,135 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
Names like Ailyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eden, Aoibheann, Aoife, Caoimhe, Rowan, Keira, Quinn, Eireann, Teagan, Maeve, Raegan, Ocean
Other spellings of Ailyn
Names related to Ailyn
Alin, Aileen, Alyna, Ayline, Ailani, Ailin, Ailany, Ailana, Ailen
More Irish names
Oscar, Rory, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Orla, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey, Kennedy, Callan, Lennon
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ailyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ailyn, updated 20 October 2026.