Berlyn

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 26 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
26
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Berlyn by the numbers

Berlyn was given to 26 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 54 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Berlyn

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Berlyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Bergenmountain, high place17 in the US (2017)
  • Beren7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Bralyn21 in the US (2017)
  • Brelyn19 in the US (2017)
  • Brilyn13 in the US (2017)
  • Bailyn11 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Berlyn

Names that are said the same way as Berlyn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Berlinderived from place name; capital of Germany68 in the US (2017)
  • Berlynn18 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Berlyn

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