Berlyn

#6,116 for girls in 2025, 19 births · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #12,146
Given to girls 91.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
#3,071
2004 · 50 births
Debut · girls
1928
5 births
In top 100 · girls
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of 146 years
Total births · girls
937
since 1928

Berlyn over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #3,071, 2004peak #2,266, 1934girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#6,11619—
2024#5,79921—
2023#5,75221—
2022#5,98420—
2021#6,17419#12,1465
2020#5,48722—
2019#4,34332—
2018#5,78521—
2017#5,04526—
2016#4,99027—
2015#4,58430—
2014#4,10336—
2013#4,88728—
2012#3,58344—
2011#3,30349—
2010#3,40947—
2009#3,12654—
2008#3,64544—
2007#3,78642—
2006#3,66942—
2005#4,48730—
2004#3,07150—
2003#6,05519—
2002#7,04515—
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2000#8,53411—
1999#8,80510—
1998#8,01611—
1997#13,7245—
1996#6,72313—
1995#7,51411—
1994#10,5697—
1993#5,41917—
1992#4,84920—
1991#3,72228—
1990#8,5019—
1989#6,95511—
1988#9,2447—
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First appearance
1928

The first year at least five girls were named Berlyn! It came in at #4,725, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1928–1986, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Berlyn is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #3,095 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 32,345 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Berlyn, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#3,095 · 1 in 32,345

Best ever in a state: #626 in Utah, 2011.

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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Berlyn
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 317 spots since 2024 (#5,799 → #6,116)
  • 629 spots since 2020 (#5,487 → #6,116)
  • 1,532 spots since 2015 (#4,584 → #6,116)
Rise & fade · girls
76 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1928
  • Peaked 2004 at #3,071 (50 births)
  • Births halved by 2018, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 34,021
  • Highest: 1 in 34,021 girls born in 2009 were named Berlyn (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 84,593 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #3,071 in 2004, was only 1 in 36,725 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 36.3% of all girls named Berlyn (340) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1987
  • Mostly boys until 1986, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s5#4,725 (1928)#4,725
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1980s24#6,955 (1989)#8,675
1990s131#3,722 (1991)#7,784
2000s315#3,071 (2004)#5,444
2010s340#3,303 (2011)#4,403
2020s122#5,487 (2020)#5,885

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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