girl's name
Berlyn
- Gender Girl
- Letters 6
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 1,093
Berlyn is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 19 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 2009, when 54 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.
- Berlyn started out as a boys' name and is now given almost entirely to girls.
- First appears in US birth records in 1916.
Berlyn over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1910s 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 |
|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 |
| 1920s | 33 |
| 1930s | 36 |
| 1940s | 12 |
| 1980s | 24 |
| 1990s | 131 |
| 2000s | 315 |
| 2010s | 340 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 127 |
How popular is Berlyn?
In 2025, Berlyn was given to 19 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Where Berlyn 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.
Names that peaked alongside Berlyn
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Berlyn also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Berlyn over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Berlyn
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Berlyn — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Berlyn
How popular is the name Berlyn?
In 2025, Berlyn was given to 19 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Berlyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Berlyn is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Berlyn most popular?
Berlyn peaked in 2009, when 54 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.
Is Berlyn a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Berlyn currently ranks #6,163 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.
Was Berlyn originally a boys' or girls' name?
Berlyn was given mostly to boys in the earliest US birth records and is now given almost entirely to girls.