Falyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- FAL-in
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Falyn is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
Where does Falyn come from?
Irish: spelling of Fallyn, itself a variant of Fallon, from the Irish surname O Fallamhain
Meaning borrowed from Fallyn.
Is Falyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Falyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Falyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Falyn, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,356th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 51 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Falyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 428 girls in the US were given Falyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #672, up from #6,837 for this spelling alone.
Falyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 31 | #4,356 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,436 |
| 2018 | 30 | #4,560 |
| 2017 | 34 | #4,219 |
| 2016 | 33 | #4,344 |
| 2015 | 32 | #4,402 |
| 2014 | 50 | #3,224 |
| 2013 | 33 | #4,334 |
| 2012 | 36 | #4,119 |
| 2011 | 29 | #4,806 |
| 2010 | 45 | #3,515 |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,012 |
| 2008 | 33 | #4,549 |
| 2007 | 51 | #3,289 |
| 2006 | 35 | #4,164 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 31 | #4,383 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 32 | #3,881 |
| 1999 | 27 | #4,197 |
| 1998 | 27 | #4,139 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,236 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,734 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,244 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,835 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 27 | #3,245 |
| 1984 | 23 | #3,526 |
| 1983 | 24 | #3,339 |
| 1982 | 29 | #3,016 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
Names like Falyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan Devyn Brooklyn Cassidy Brynn Ashlyn Reagan Rowan Kaitlyn Keegan Mckenna Ailyn
Other spellings of Falyn
Names related to Falyn
More Irish names
Oscar Rory Maeve Finn Aiden Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Ronan Connor Declan Casey Kennedy
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, “Falyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/falyn, updated 20 October 2026.