How popular is the name Allyn?

Allyn ranks 1,948th among boys' names in US records, with 5,773 births since 1908. Over the past decade it accounts for 78.

Is Allyn a unisex name?

No. Allyn is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1947, when 71 children were given the name. It has been in use for 117 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Alin. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#1,948 of boy names

Pronounced AE1 L IH0 N (ARPABET)

Allyn is a boys' name, and first appears in 1908. It has been given to 5,773 children — the 1,948th most common boys' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 78 births across the past decade, against a peak of 71 in a single year. That peak was in 1947.

Alin is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

1947Boys: 71Girls: 16

These spellings sound identical to Allyn and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Allyn?: Allyn ranks 1,948th among boys' names in US records, with 5,773 births since 1908. Over the past decade it accounts for 78.
Is Allyn a unisex name?: No. Allyn is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Allyn most popular?: 1947, when 71 children were given the name. It has been in use for 117 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Allyn spelled?: Alin. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.