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How popular is the name Lyn?
Births per year, rank history and how many Lyns are alive today.
Lyn (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Lynn in England and Wales, ranked 5892nd in 2024 and given to 3 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2006, when 4 babies were given the name, the 4157th most popular that year. Lyn is also a common short form of Lynette, so many people called Lyn are registered under the longer name.
Across all spellings of the name, the Lynn you are most likely to meet is around 71 years old. Half of all Lynns born in England and Wales are between 55 and 73, and there are at least 30,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 9.1% chance that at least one of them will be called Lynn.
How many babies are named Lyn each year?
Includes all spellings: Lyn, Lin, Linh, Lynn, Lynne. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Lyn spelling rank?
Where does the Lin spelling rank?
Where does the Linh spelling rank?
Where does the Lynn spelling rank?
Where does the Lynne spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Lyn most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Lynn, peaked in 1954, when around 1,400 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Lyn spelling itself peaked in 2006, with 4 babies.
How many people are called Lyn?
At least 30,000 people named Lyn in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Lyn?
Most living Lyns are between 55 and 73; the most common age is about 71.
Is Lyn becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.