Alyn
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- AL-in
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Alyn is a name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
Where does Alyn come from?
Modern: variant of Allyn or Aline
More on Wiktionary.
Is Alyn a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Alyn has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Alyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Alyn, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 1947. 6 boys were also named Alyn in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Alyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 29 | #4,942 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,382 |
| 2005 | 31 | #4,369 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
Names like Alyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jazlyn Jordyn Addison Camryn Gracelynn Miley Austyn Arleth Peyton Brooklyn Hollyn Autumn
Names related to Alyn
More Modern names
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Alyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alyn, updated 20 October 2026.