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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Skylynn

Skylynn was the 1557th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 136 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 1228th with 191 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 271 places. More babies were named Skylynn in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#1,557 girls, up 1 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
136girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
2018191 babies
Total since 1880
3,339babies recorded

Skylynn popularity since 1880

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Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#1,557136
2020#1,558136
2010#1,895107
2000#2,67056
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How popular is Skylynn, counting every spelling?

Skylynn is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,117 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,557 for Skylynn on its own. Together these spellings went to 199 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Skylynn136#1,557698
Skylyn29#4,741179
Skylin19#6,292131
Skilynn8#11,79748

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How many kids will share the name Skylynn?

136 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Skylynn (0.04 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Skylynn born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 62 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Skylynn.

Chance of another Skylynn in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inOhiounder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Skylynn?

About 3,300 people born in the US named Skylynn are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 6 and 18. That makes Skylynn a young name: most people with it are children.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Skylynn by state

How common Skylynn was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Indiana (2.4×), Ohio (2.4×), Michigan (1.7×), Georgia (1.6×), Pennsylvania (1.5×). In 31 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesWA0.04Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesIL0.03Michigan: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesMI0.14New York: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesNY0.05Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesIN0.21Ohio: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesOH0.21Pennsylvania: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesPA0.13New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesCA0.04Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesMO0.08Kentucky: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesKY0.06West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesVA0.04Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesAR0.21Tennessee: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTN0.03North Carolina: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesNC0.07South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesLA0.16Mississippi: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesMS0.15Alabama: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesAL0.06Georgia: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesGA0.14Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesTX0.08Florida: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesFL0.09
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Skylynn, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Skylynn: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Skylynn, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Skylynn

How popular is the name Skylynn?

Skylynn was the 1557th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 136 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 1228th with 191 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 271 places. More babies were named Skylynn in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Skylynn a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Skylynn in the US.

Where is Skylynn most popular?

In 2021–2025, Skylynn was most common in Arkansas (0.21 per 1,000 girls), followed by Indiana and Ohio.