Tylin
Masculine
Tylin is given to both — 1,022 boys and 262 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Tylin joins a Ty- front to a -lin ending, and both are pieces American naming has been assembling for forty years.
How old is the name Tylin?
Tylin first appears in US birth records in 1989 — 36 years ago. The typical Tylin is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,000 people named Tylin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Tylin most popular?
Tylin peaked in 2025, reaching #2035 nationally. Today it ranks #2035, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Tylin
Our story of Tylin is a story of two fashionable pieces meeting. Tyler was among the biggest American boys' names of the 1990s, and the -lin and -lynn endings were busy across both sexes. Families built Tylin, Tyrin, Tylan and Tyren from the same materials, none descending from an older language and all descending from each other. Tylin appears in the registers from the 1990s. It is an American formation with no borrowed past, which is worth saying plainly.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No documented etymology. The Ty- front descends from Tyler and Tyrone by sound rather than descent; the -lin ending appears across Jalin, Kalin and Dalin. It is best read as a modern American coinage. Attributions to older languages are not supported.
Pronouncing Tylin
TY-lin
Two syllables, stress on the first. Tylin and Tylen are said identically.
Nicknames for Tylin
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
- 1989
- Most boys named
- 202573 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2035reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +46.0%73 in 2025, from 50
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.
Tylin in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Tylan in English — related form
- Tylen in English — spelling variant
- Tyrin in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Louisiana, Florida, Texas.
Tylins among us
people named Tylin are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 23,398 born in 2025 was named Tylin
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Tylin
- #2035
- Tylin on the 2025 chart
- #837
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Tylin went to 73 boys in 2025, but Tylyn and Tylynn are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 91, which makes it the 837th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,198 places above the chart.
- Tylin73
- Tylyn9
- Tylynn9
About 1 boy in 18,770 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 23,398 for Tylin 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 Edan test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Tylin's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Edan climbed just as high around 2009, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Edan's path sketches the road Tylin is walking now.
Tylin 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 Tylin is headed
Tylin should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Tylin beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Tylin in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Ty and Lin are two short forms, both with real records.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- It belongs to a documented American naming family.
- There is no documented meaning.
- Tyler, Tylan and Tylin are all close enough to confuse.
- It will be respelled by other people constantly.
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Frequently asked
- How many Tylins are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Tylin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Tylin?
- Tylin is the most-used spelling in US records — 73 of the 91 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Tylyn and Tylynn.
- How popular is the name Tylin in 2025?
- Tylin ranks #2035 among US boy names in 2025, with 73 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Tylin?
- About 1 in every 23,398 US boys born in 2025 was named Tylin — 73 in all.
- Will my child share the name Tylin with classmates?
- Tylin will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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