I often see "-lyn" names listed as a modern trend, but actually, they're fairly stable part of American names. Between 3-5% of girls get names that end in -lyn every year--of course, which "-lyn" names they get is determined by the fads of the day.
So, I thought it'd be fun to look at the top "-lyn" names for this generation and previous.
2012:
- Evelyn
- Brooklyn
- Madelyn
- Caroline*
- Jocelyn
- Madeline
- Kaitlyn
- Katelyn
- Brooklynn
- Adalyn
- Ashlyn
- Adelyn
- Adeline
- Adalynn
- Jacqueline
1982:
- Jacqueline
- Jaclyn
- Carolyn
- Caroline
- Jacquelyn
- Evelyn
- Caitlin
- Ellen
- Helen
- Lynn
- Jocelyn
- Marilyn
- Gwendolyn
- Jacklyn
- Madeline
1952:
- Carolyn
- Marilyn
- Jacqueline
- Helen
- Ellen
- Lynn
- Evelyn
- Gwendolyn
- Lynne
- Jacquelyn
- Pauline
- Caroline
- Madeline
- Rosalyn
- Jacalyn
1922**:
- Helen
- Evelyn
- Ellen
- Madeline
- Carolyn
- Marilyn
- Caroline
- Adeline
- Jacqueline
- Gwendolyn
- Madelyn
- Marilynn
- Evangeline
- Roslyn
- Hellen
- Helen
- Ellen
- Caroline
- Evelyn
- Madeline
- Adeline
- Carolyn
- Evangeline
- Adaline
- Evalyn
- Gwendolyn
- Emeline
- Magdalen
- Ethelyn
- Adline
*Quite a few "-line" names have multiple pronunciations--"lin", "leen" or "line". With many, there's no way to separate them, but I did remove the ones that were rarely, if ever, 'lin'--Pauline, Angeline, Arline, Earline, etc.
**Before 1937, the SSA did not require all citizens to register for a SSN. Thus, data before this time is voluntary, and therefore not as reliable.
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