Lyn

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Lyn: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Lyn: Recorded since 1971, with a gap of 15 years, it reached #362 in 1978, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
14times a registrar ranked it
54years from first to last
#362highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Lyn's record

Absent from every published list for 15 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2000–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#3912
2005	#4798
2006	#4157
2008	#4524
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 5 of the 25 years from 2000 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1971–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1971
First recorded at #466 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1971 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1971–1986
Highest recorded position: #362 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1978 (recorded 1971–1986).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Lyn appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 9 years beginning in 1971, and has registered 40 births with the name.

Lyn across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Lyn's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3912 (2000)	#3912 (2000)	#5891 (2024)	5 of 25	17 (2000–2024)	4 (2006)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#466 (1971)	#362 (1978)	#458 (1986)	9 of 16	40 (1971–1986)	7 (1977)

Lyn appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1971 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #362 in Republic of Ireland in 1978.

Lyn's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#458	4	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#423	5	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	7	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#369	7	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#497	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#402	5	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#466	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1971 and 2024, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #362, first reached in 1978.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1977.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 15 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 29 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
9separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
15 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
29 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
7births registered in its largest year, 1977Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Lylah-Rose · #2615, 12y
Lyle · #148, 29y
Lyna · #2706, 18y
Lynda · #48, 56y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Gael · #362, 19y
Kelli · #362, 15y
Aiyla · #364, 19y
Ryanna · #364, 12y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Keara · #362, 31y
Rosalyn · #363, 33y
Ceire · #365, 18y
Corinne · #358, 44y

Lyn was ranked #362 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1978. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Lyn and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lyn without appearing here.

Lyn moved ahead of

Violet Compare
In 1980 they stood at #369 and #369 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1981 that had become #423 and #533.
Rhonda Compare
In 1985 they stood at #423 and #386 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1986 that had become #458 and #521.
Jude Compare
In 1980 they stood at #362 and #348 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1981 that had become #423 and #471.
Marilyn Compare
In 1980 they stood at #523 and #420 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1981 that had become #423 and #471.

Moved ahead of Lyn

Lynette Compare
In 1973 they stood at #402 and #449 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1974 that had become #490 and #428.
Katie Compare
In 1977 they stood at #369 and #391 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1978 that had become #362 and #302.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1971 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #362 in Republic of Ireland in 1978. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Lyn across 2 official records

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