Azlyn
Feminine
Azlyn joins an Az- opening to the -lyn ending, and the Az- comes from Aslan — the Turkish word for a lion.
How old is the name Azlyn?
Azlyn first appears in US birth records in 1991 — 34 years ago. The typical Azlyn is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 900 people named Azlyn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Azlyn most popular?
Azlyn peaked in 2015, reaching #2712 nationally. Today it ranks #4460, 1,748 places below that high. See the whole 2015 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Azlyn
Ours, offered as ours. Aslan is the Turkish for a lion and one of the most-used Turkish men's names, and the word traveled far — it is in Persian, in the Balkans, and it is the name C. S. Lewis gave his lion, which he said he took from the Turkish in the Arabian Nights. Azlyn sits near it with an American ending. Whether any family means the lion is unrecorded, and the lion is genuinely there in the neighborhood.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source is established. Turkish aslan means a lion and is a widely used name; Hebrew azal and Arabic azal have been offered without support. The -lyn ending is a modern American suffix.
Pronouncing Azlyn
AZ-lin
Two syllables, first stressed. There is little variation.
Nicknames for Azlyn
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
- 1991
- Most girls named
- 201565 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2712reached in 2015
- Change vs 2024
- −3.1%31 in 2025, from 32
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.
Azlyn in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Aslan in Turkish — related form
- Azlynn in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Arizona, New York.
Azlyns among us
people named Azlyn are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 51,847 born in 2025 was named Azlyn
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Azlyn
- #4460
- Azlyn on the 2025 chart
- #831
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Azlyn went to 31 girls in 2025, but Azlynn, Azlin and Aslyn and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 5 spellings went to 129, which makes it the 831st most-given girls’ name of the year — 3,629 places above the chart.
- Azlynn57
- Azlyn31
- Azlin22
- Aslyn12
- Aslynn7
About 1 girl in 12,459 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 51,847 for Azlyn 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 Mariaguadalupe test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Azlyn's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Mariaguadalupe climbed just as high around 1996, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Mariaguadalupe's path sketches the road Azlyn is walking now.
Azlyn 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 Azlyn is headed
Azlyn 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.
Azlyn beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Azlyn in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Lyn is a complete short form with its own American history.
- The initial A and the z keep it distinct on any list.
- Read correctly on sight by every English speaker.
- Azlyn, Azlynn and Azalyn are all in use and none is dominant.
- It is close to Aslan and Ashlyn in an American ear.
- There is no documented meaning for the compound.
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Frequently asked
- How many Azlyns are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Azlyn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Azlyn?
- Azlyn is one of 5 recorded spellings. Azlynn is the more common one — 57 births in 2025 against 31 for Azlyn.
- How popular is the name Azlyn in 2025?
- Azlyn ranks #4460 among US girl names in 2025, with 31 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Azlyn?
- About 1 in every 51,847 US girls born in 2025 was named Azlyn — 31 in all.
- Will my child share the name Azlyn with classmates?
- Azlyn will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Azlyn
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