girl's name

Edlyn

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 524

Edlyn is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2024 it was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1989, when 27 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1955.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Edlyn over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2024, not a full ten years.

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'50 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Edlyn by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 5
1970s 12
1980s 112
1990s 93
2000s 99
2010s 139
2020s (to 2024) 36

How popular is Edlyn?

In 2024, Edlyn was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Edlyn is used

England & Wales #6,686 3 in 2024
United States #11,289 8 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

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 Edlyn

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

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Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Edlyn over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Edlyn

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Edlyn — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Edlyn

How popular is the name Edlyn?

In 2024, Edlyn was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Edlyn a girl's or a boy's name?

Edlyn is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Edlyn?

Edlyn has 2 syllables.

When was Edlyn most popular?

Edlyn peaked in 1989, when 27 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.