Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Heilyn isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
The name appears in the Mabinogi, a medieval collection of Welsh legends.
Heilyn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 110
- 0 boys · 110 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #9,696 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +89%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,696 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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