girl's name
Amberlyn
- Gender Girl
- Letters 8
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 1,689
Amberlyn is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 19 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 2011, when 62 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 174,520 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1975.
Amberlyn over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 49 |
| 1980s | 192 |
| 1990s | 407 |
| 2000s | 460 |
| 2010s | 472 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 103 |
How popular is Amberlyn?
In 2025, Amberlyn was given to 19 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Where Amberlyn is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
How Amberlyn is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Amber-Lyn | Amber-Lyn is Amberlyn written with a hyphen, used in Canada, where it ranks #2,142. | 6 |
Names that peaked alongside Amberlyn
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Amberlyn also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Amberlyn over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Amberlyn
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Amberlyn — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Amberlyn
How popular is the name Amberlyn?
In 2025, Amberlyn was given to 19 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Amberlyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Amberlyn is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Amberlyn most popular?
Amberlyn peaked in 2011, when 62 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.
Is Amberlyn a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Amberlyn currently ranks #6,124 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.