Westlyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- WEST-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,545 for girls
Westlyn is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “west + lake”. In 2025 it ranked 4,545th for girls in the US (30 babies).
What does Westlyn mean?
Modern: blend of West and Lynn
“west + lake”
Is Westlyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Westlyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 girls and 8 boys in the US.
How popular is Westlyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 30 about 1 in 54,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 70% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 30 girls in the US were named Westlyn, making it the 4,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,840th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 109 girls. It first appears in the records in 2015. 8 boys were also named Westlyn in 2025 (8,906th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Westlyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 104 girls in the US were given Westlyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,644, up from #4,545 for this spelling alone.
- Westlynn 74
- Westlyn 30
In 2025, 79% of the babies named Westlyn in the US were girls.
Westlyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 27 | #4,904 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,800 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,840 |
| 2019 | 53 | #3,043 |
| 2018 | 101 | #1,953 |
| 2017 | 109 | #1,863 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
Nicknames for Westlyn
- Wes 376 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Westlyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Wrenley, Oaklynn, Emryn, Lakelynn, Elowyn, Gracelynn, Blessyn, Haisley, Sevyn, Harlyn, Icelynn, Hollyn
Other spellings of Westlyn
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Mya, Ailani
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, “Westlyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/westlyn, updated 20 October 2026.