Flynn
- #7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births
- #827 for boys in 2025, 299 births
- Given to boys 93.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2021 · 418 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,681since 1913
Flynn over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,133 | 15 | #827 | 299 |
| 2024 | #6,642 | 17 | #735 | 355 |
| 2023 | #5,126 | 25 | #782 | 323 |
| 2022 | #5,028 | 26 | #715 | 369 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 | #654 | 418 |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 | #659 | 398 |
| 2019 | #6,414 | 18 | #714 | 342 |
| 2018 | #6,248 | 19 | #780 | 295 |
| 2017 | #6,287 | 19 | #757 | 311 |
| 2016 | #5,796 | 22 | #679 | 375 |
| 2015 | #6,036 | 21 | #695 | 362 |
| 2014 | #6,207 | 20 | #658 | 391 |
| 2013 | #4,543 | 31 | #667 | 362 |
| 2012 | #5,895 | 22 | #701 | 339 |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 | #937 | 212 |
| 2010 | #7,880 | 15 | #1,806 | 81 |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 | #1,825 | 81 |
| 2008 | #8,965 | 13 | #1,861 | 78 |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | #2,117 | 64 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | #2,126 | 61 |
| 2005 | #7,138 | 16 | #1,922 | 66 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #1,763 | 71 |
| 2003 | #6,055 | 19 | #1,815 | 65 |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 | #2,249 | 46 |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 | #2,562 | 37 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | #2,049 | 49 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | #2,462 | 36 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #3,296 | 23 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #3,261 | 22 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #3,107 | 23 |
| 1995 | — | #3,303 | 20 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,751 | 17 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,819 | 16 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,748 | 16 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,813 | 15 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,971 | 14 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,017 | 13 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,162 | 11 | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #3,882 | 11 |
| 1985 | — | #2,942 | 16 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,956 | 15 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,071 | 14 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,518 | 19 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,412 | 12 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,729 | 17 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,379 | 20 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,157 | 8 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,203 | 12 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,902 | 13 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,837 | 8 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,223 | 10 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,418 | 15 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,973 | 11 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,621 | 13 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,308 | 14 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,576 | 11 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,030 | 15 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,986 | 8 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,084 | 15 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,655 | 23 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,504 | 11 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,322 | 13 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,210 | 14 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,663 | 10 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,265 | 13 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,093 | 15 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,216 | 7 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,048 | 15 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,942 | 8 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,905 | 8 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,680 | 9 | |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | #2,321 | 11 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,606 | 9 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,668 | 5 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,862 | 8 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,143 | 12 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,574 | 8 | |
| 1944 | — | #3,430 | 5 | |
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| 1941 | — | #1,997 | 13 | |
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| 1939 | — | #2,609 | 8 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,868 | 7 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,680 | 8 | |
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| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
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| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,780 | 6 | |
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| 1925 | — | #4,197 | 5 | |
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| 1919 | — | #3,391 | 7 | |
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| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,730 | 9 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,825 | 5 | |
| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1913
The first year at least five boys were named Flynn! It came in at #2,821, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1918, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Flynn is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | #234 | 5 | 1 in 769 |
| Idaho | #377 | 6 | 1 in 1,438 |
| Utah | #473 | 9 | 1 in 2,185 |
| Oregon | #474 | 7 | 1 in 2,151 |
| Wisconsin | #484 | 10 | 1 in 2,343 |
| Massachusetts | #507 | 9 | 1 in 3,002 |
| Washington | #529 | 13 | 1 in 2,523 |
| Oklahoma | #552 | 7 | 1 in 2,526 |
| Iowa | #571 | 5 | 1 in 2,766 |
| Michigan | #571 | 14 | 1 in 2,871 |
| Missouri | #597 | 9 | 1 in 3,090 |
| Indiana | #621 | 10 | 1 in 3,166 |
| Ohio | #627 | 15 | 1 in 3,502 |
| Maryland | #702 | 6 | 1 in 3,816 |
| Pennsylvania | #704 | 12 | 1 in 4,355 |
| Minnesota | #718 | 6 | 1 in 4,083 |
| Tennessee | #719 | 9 | 1 in 4,085 |
| Illinois | #805 | 10 | 1 in 4,955 |
| New Jersey | #829 | 7 | 1 in 5,681 |
| Colorado | #849 | 5 | 1 in 5,370 |
| New York | #885 | 15 | 1 in 5,628 |
| Virginia | #971 | 6 | 1 in 6,209 |
| California | #1,011 | 21 | 1 in 8,356 |
| North Carolina | #1,028 | 7 | 1 in 7,353 |
| Florida | #1,126 | 11 | 1 in 8,685 |
| Texas | #1,169 | 18 | 1 in 9,725 |
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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 Flynn
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 168 spots since 2020 (#659 → #827)
- Biggest jump: 869 spots in 2011
- Biggest drop: 92 spots in 2025
Rise & fade · boys
108 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 2021 at #654 (418 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 15 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 2011–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,185
- Highest: 1 in 4,185 boys born in 2021 were named Flynn (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,713 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 46.0% of all boys named Flynn (3,070) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 36 | #2,730 (1916) | #3,335 |
| 1920s | 16 | #3,780 (1927) | #4,043 |
| 1930s | 28 | #2,609 (1939) | #3,040 |
| 1940s | 60 | #1,997 (1941) | #2,754 |
| 1950s | 96 | #2,048 (1955) | #2,570 |
| 1960s | 138 | #1,655 (1964) | #2,288 |
| 1970s | 116 | #2,379 (1979) | #3,265 |
| 1980s | 139 | #2,518 (1982) | #3,365 |
| 1990s | 202 | #2,462 (1999) | #3,453 |
| 2000s | 618 | #1,763 (2004) | #2,029 |
| 2010s | 3,070 | #658 (2014) | #839 |
| 2020s | 2,162 | #654 (2021) | #729 |
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.
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