Fun Facts About the Name Annalynn
- More than 1 thousand babies named Annalynn: U.S. records list 1,603 babies given the name Annalynn from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Annalynn Mean?
Annalynn is a compound English name built from two familiar elements, Anna and Lynn. Anna comes from the Hebrew name Hannah (חַנָּה), meaning "favor" or "grace"; it passed into Greek as Ἄννα and then into Latin as Anna. Lynn is usually connected with the Welsh word llyn, "lake" or "pool," and it also exists as an English surname and as a short form of names such as Carolyn and Marilyn. A few English places called Lynn may instead reflect Old English hlynn, "torrent," a word that looks like llyn but is unrelated to it, so the ancestry of Lynn is not entirely settled. Taken literally, the two parts of Annalynn give the sense "grace" plus "lake." The compound has no separate traditional etymology of its own; its meaning is the sum of its two components.
Annalynn Name History & Origins
Anna has been used in the English-speaking world since the Middle Ages and was spread widely by its appearance in the New Testament and by saints and royal figures who bore the name. Lynn entered English naming through the Welsh llyn, through British place names such as King's Lynn in Norfolk, and through surnames derived from those places. As a given name, Lynn was widely used in the twentieth century both on its own and as the ending of names like Marilyn and Carolyn. Annalynn joins the two into one given name, following a pattern that became common in English-speaking countries during the twentieth century, when two established names were frequently fused into a single name. Spellings vary, including Annalyn and Analynn; the doubled n in the middle of Annalynn reflects the final letter of Anna attached to Lynn.
How Popular is the Name Annalynn?
Annalynn has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2013. Its best rank was #1,825 in 2013.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,753 | 62 | 0.0039% |
| 2024 | #2,744 | 62 | 0.0038% |
| 2023 | #2,890 | 58 | 0.0036% |
| 2022 | #2,720 | 63 | 0.0038% |
| 2021 | #2,443 | 73 | 0.0045% |
| 2020 | #2,471 | 70 | 0.0043% |
| 2019 | #2,288 | 79 | 0.0047% |
| 2018 | #2,404 | 75 | 0.0044% |
| 2017 | #2,384 | 76 | 0.0044% |
| 2016 | #1,886 | 108 | 0.0061% |
| 2015 | #1,919 | 105 | 0.0059% |
| 2014 | #2,113 | 91 | 0.0051% |
| 2013 | #1,825 | 111 | 0.0063% |
| 2012 | #2,209 | 85 | 0.0048% |
| 2011 | #2,276 | 82 | 0.0047% |
| 2010 | #2,647 | 68 | 0.0038% |
| 2009 | #3,745 | 42 | 0.0023% |
| 2008 | #3,715 | 43 | 0.0023% |
| 2007 | #5,915 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2006 | #4,826 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 2005 | #5,448 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2004 | #5,760 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2003 | #5,436 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2002 | #5,464 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2001 | #7,351 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2000 | #6,835 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1999 | #9,556 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #12,569 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #9,876 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1996 | #13,684 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #11,884 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #10,337 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1990 | #11,495 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #10,934 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #11,920 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #7,395 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1985 | #10,767 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1982 | #10,601 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #10,479 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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