Annalynn
Feminine · “grace”
Annalynn is a compound, and unusually for a made name both halves are real. Anna is one of the oldest women's names in the West; Lynn is a Welsh word for a lake, or an English surname taken from one. The join is American and recent.
How old is the name Annalynn?
Annalynn first appears in US birth records in 1980 — 45 years ago. The typical Annalynn is a kid of about 10 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,600 people named Annalynn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Annalynn most popular?
Annalynn peaked in 2013, reaching #1824 nationally. Today it ranks #2751, 927 places below that high. See the whole 2013 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Channah to Annalynn
The story of Annalynn
American naming has built compound girls' names for well over a century — Annabelle, Maryann, Rosalee, Bobbi Jo — and Anna and Lynn are two of the most frequently used pieces in that workshop. Anna arrived through the Bible and through half the courts of Europe; Lynn came in as a surname and became a first name and then, more often, a second syllable that could be attached to almost anything. Annalynn is one of the results, and it is a fair example of the whole practice: two old words joined by a new decision.
Meaning
grace, and a lake
Anna is Greek and Latin for Hebrew Channah, 'favor' or 'grace', and its reading has never been in dispute. Lynn is either Welsh llyn, 'lake', or the English surname taken from a place so named — King's Lynn in Norfolk among them. Both halves are documented; the compound itself is modern, and it means what its parts mean rather than anything new.
How the name formed
- Channah
- Anna
- Annalynn
Related forms: Channah · Llyn · Annalyn
Pronouncing Annalynn
AN-uh-lin
Three syllables, stress on the first. Some families give the second half its own weight — AN-uh-LIN — which is common in compound names and neither saying is more correct.
Nicknames for Annalynn
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1980
- Most girls named
- 2013111 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1824reached in 2013
- Change vs 2024
- 0.0%62 in 2025, from 62
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Annalynn in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Channah in Hebrew — related form
- Llyn in Welsh — related form
- Annalyn in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Ohio, Texas, Indiana.
Annalynns among us
people named Annalynn are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 25,924 born in 2025 was named Annalynn
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Annalynn
- #2751
- Annalynn on the 2025 chart
- #837
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Annalynn went to 62 girls in 2025, but Annalyn, Analynn and Analyn are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 123, which makes it the 837th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,914 places above the chart.
- Annalynn62
- Annalyn37
- Analynn16
- Analyn8
About 1 girl in 13,067 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 25,924 for Annalynn itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Frederick test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Annalynn's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Frederick climbed just as high around 1929, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Frederick's path sketches the road Annalynn is walking now.
Annalynn sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Annalynn is headed
Annalynn should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Annalynn beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Annalynn in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Both halves are real names with documented histories, which most compounds cannot claim.
- Anna, Annie and Lynn are three ready short forms, all of them established.
- Long enough to feel formal and short enough to say quickly.
- Annalynn, Annalyn, Annalynne and Anna Lynn are all in use, including as two separate words.
- Compound names are often split by forms and databases, which puts the second half in the wrong field.
- It reads as a specifically American construction, which is either the appeal or the drawback.
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Frequently asked
- How many Annalynns are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,600 people named Annalynn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Annalynn?
- Annalynn is the most-used spelling in US records — 62 of the 123 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Annalyn, Analynn and Analyn.
- How popular is the name Annalynn in 2025?
- Annalynn ranks #2751 among US girl names in 2025, with 62 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Annalynn?
- About 1 in every 25,924 US girls born in 2025 was named Annalynn — 62 in all.
- Will my child share the name Annalynn with classmates?
- Annalynn will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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