Alyn

Where Alyn comes from

The dictionaries list Alyn as a given name — a male given name, compare with Alun — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1947
    First appearance
    #5,295 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2005
    Peak, #4,373
    31 babies named Alyn — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2011
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #8,196.
  4. 2021
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name, compare with Alun.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Alyn hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.