Lyn
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Lyn is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “lake”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Lyn mean?
Welsh: spelling of Lynn, from Welsh llyn
“lake”
A spelling of Lynn, from Welsh llyn, lake; it is also used as a short form of names ending in -lyn.
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Is Lyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Lyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lyn in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 4 girls.
Lyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 2 | #5,472 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Lyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 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, 9 girls in the US were named Lyn, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1957, with 280 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
2025 had more girls named Lyn than any year since 2006.
Half of all the girls named Lyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1950 and 1965, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 91 girls in the US were given Lyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,814, up from #10,104 for this spelling alone.
In 1990, 77% of the babies named Lyn in the US were girls.
Lyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 24 | #4,115 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,664 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 25 | #3,521 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,280 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,725 |
| 1983 | 29 | #2,909 |
| 1982 | 32 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 39 | #2,447 |
| 1980 | 37 | #2,537 |
| 1979 | 50 | #2,020 |
| 1978 | 40 | #2,269 |
| 1977 | 48 | #2,002 |
| 1976 | 51 | #1,820 |
| 1975 | 71 | #1,447 |
| 1974 | 60 | #1,578 |
| 1973 | 81 | #1,276 |
| 1972 | 81 | #1,263 |
| 1971 | 111 | #1,084 |
| 1970 | 106 | #1,108 |
| 1969 | 120 | #985 |
| 1968 | 122 | #934 |
| 1967 | 145 | #833 |
| 1966 | 131 | #874 |
| 1965 | 161 | #783 |
| 1964 | 201 | #733 |
| 1963 | 198 | #728 |
| 1962 | 279 | #596 |
| 1961 | 214 | #711 |
| 1960 | 216 | #692 |
| 1959 | 200 | #706 |
| 1958 | 238 | #638 |
| 1957 | 280 | #576 |
| 1956 | 277 | #562 |
| 1955 | 268 | #552 |
| 1954 | 274 | #535 |
| 1953 | 261 | #532 |
| 1952 | 245 | #546 |
| 1951 | 223 | #573 |
| 1950 | 182 | #629 |
| 1949 | 195 | #593 |
| 1948 | 200 | #587 |
| 1947 | 225 | #568 |
| 1946 | 204 | #553 |
| 1945 | 138 | #618 |
| 1944 | 125 | #660 |
| 1943 | 104 | #758 |
| 1942 | 77 | #887 |
| 1941 | 60 | #948 |
| 1940 | 59 | #935 |
| 1939 | 52 | #981 |
| 1938 | 35 | #1,231 |
| 1937 | 32 | #1,282 |
| 1936 | 23 | #1,549 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,720 |
| 1934 | 28 | #1,372 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,835 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,876 |
| 1931 | 26 | #1,458 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,305 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,190 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,380 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,551 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,568 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,660 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,289 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,878 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
Names like Lyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Lyn
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