Flint

#2,284 for boys in 2025, 61 births

Peak · boys
1959 · 100 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,601
since 1913

Flint over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Flint has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #761, 1959boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#2,28461
2024#1,95780
2023#2,12968
2022#2,24364
2021#2,02673
2020#1,94674
2019#1,95475
2018#2,18963
2017#1,70792
2016#1,77486
2015#1,95574
2014#2,09866
2013#2,25057
2012#2,55148
2011#3,00038
2010#4,24123
2009#3,63929
2008#4,54021
2007#4,01125
2006#5,78114
2005#6,22612
2004#4,42119
2003#7,2459
2002#4,50217
2001#4,47617
2000#4,20418
1999#4,53715
1998#5,15912
1997#5,28811
1996#3,83017
1995#2,92324
1994#3,59618
1993#3,50118
1992#4,11414
1991#3,46217
1990#3,05820
1989#2,54525
1988#2,09030
1987#2,11528
1986#2,29024
1985#2,82817
1984#2,29222
1983#2,49319
1982#2,26922
1981#2,49619
1980#2,83116
1979#3,16813
1978#1,96525
1977#2,27020
1976#2,32919
1975#1,88425
1974#1,83225
1973#1,69627
1972#1,72126
1971#1,56031
1970#1,54630
1969#1,46330
1968#1,25037
1967#2,03015
1966#1,16441
1965#1,23338
1964#1,23639
1963#1,31835
1962#1,09149
1961#1,01359
1960#82186
1959#761100
1958#1,18642
1957#1,79120
1956#2,62810
1955#2,30212
1954#2,59210
1953#2,7099
1952#1,85617
1951#3,3646
1950#3,3296
1949#2,8028
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1929#3,5596
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1927#3,1518
1926#3,1398
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First appearance
1913

The first year at least five boys were named Flint! It came in at #2,496, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1914, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Flint is popular in 2017

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedNHWashington: #858 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,926 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedCAUtah: #602 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,387 boysUTColorado: #758 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,290 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedALGeorgia: #991 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,670 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Flint, so not publishedHITexas: #1,351 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 14,681 boysTXFlorida: #1,701 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 19,335 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#602 · 1 in 3,387
  2. Colorado#758 · 1 in 5,290
  3. Washington#858 · 1 in 5,926
  4. Georgia#991 · 1 in 7,670
  5. Texas#1,351 · 1 in 14,681

Best ever in a state: #407 in Washington, 1959.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#60261 in 3,387
Colorado#75851 in 5,290
Washington#85861 in 5,926
Georgia#99171 in 7,670
Texas#1,351121 in 14,681
Florida#1,70151 in 19,335
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Flint
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 327 spots since 2024 (#1,957 → #2,284)
  • 338 spots since 2020 (#1,946 → #2,284)
  • 329 spots since 2015 (#1,955 → #2,284)
  • Biggest jump: 425 spots in 1959 (#1,186 → #761)
  • Biggest drop: 192 spots in 1961 (#821 → #1,013)
Rise & fade · boys
46 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 1959 at #761 (100 births)
  • Births halved by 1962, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1959–1960
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,119
  • Highest: 1 in 20,119 boys born in 2017 were named Flint (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 28,001 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #761 in 1959, was only 1 in 21,345 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 23.9% of all boys named Flint (622) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s12#2,496 (1913)#2,944
1920s49#2,486 (1922)#3,150
1930s19#2,742 (1934)#3,337
1940s8#2,802 (1949)#2,802
1950s232#761 (1959)#2,252
1960s429#821 (1960)#1,262
1970s241#1,546 (1970)#1,997
1980s222#2,090 (1988)#2,425
1990s166#2,923 (1995)#3,947
2000s181#3,639 (2009)#4,905
2010s622#1,707 (2017)#2,372
2020s420#1,946 (2020)#2,098

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Flint in 2017

boys
#1,707
92 births · 1 in 20,119 boys

Top boys' names in 2017

  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
  6. #6Benjamin13,858
  7. #7Mason13,602
  8. #8Elijah13,449
  9. #9Jacob13,269
  10. #10Oliver13,224
  11. #1,707Flint92
More about 2017

boys

1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 20,119 of them was named Flint, which outranked 88.0% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Flint
  1. #1,695Rishaan93
  2. #1,695Yariel93
  3. #1,695Zeppelin93
  4. #1,707Flint92
  5. #1,707Armaan92
  6. #1,707Arnav92
  7. #1,707Javian92
  8. #1,717Corban91
  9. #1,717Damoni91
  10. #1,717Dewayne91

Tied with 9 names at #1,707; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 497Wells#1,413 → #916
  2. ↑ 419Kairo#1,221 → #802
  3. ↑ 339Caspian#1,199 → #860
  4. ↑ 313Colson#1,049 → #736
  5. ↑ 311Kace#1,183 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 415Riaan#861 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 292Chevy#980 → #1,272
  3. ↓ 245Kylo#904 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 226Braeden#993 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 194Kamdyn#809 → #1,003

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2017 →