Flynn
#7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births · #827 for boys in 2025, 299 births
Given to boys 93.3% of the time
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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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 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Wisconsin#301 · 1 in 1,516
- Massachusetts#333 · 1 in 2,118
- Colorado#366 · 1 in 1,810
- Utah#377 · 1 in 1,805
- Oregon#407 · 1 in 2,008
Best ever in a state: #173 in Alaska, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #301 | 18 | 1 in 1,516 |
| Massachusetts | #333 | 14 | 1 in 2,118 |
| Colorado | #366 | 15 | 1 in 1,810 |
| Utah | #377 | 12 | 1 in 1,805 |
| Oregon | #407 | 9 | 1 in 2,008 |
| Pennsylvania | #428 | 22 | 1 in 2,738 |
| Washington | #453 | 14 | 1 in 2,566 |
| Maryland | #478 | 9 | 1 in 3,082 |
| Missouri | #542 | 9 | 1 in 3,528 |
| Illinois | #573 | 17 | 1 in 3,913 |
| Minnesota | #582 | 7 | 1 in 3,957 |
| Tennessee | #651 | 8 | 1 in 4,474 |
| Ohio | #671 | 12 | 1 in 4,980 |
| Indiana | #704 | 7 | 1 in 5,096 |
| California | #767 | 33 | 1 in 6,985 |
| Michigan | #771 | 8 | 1 in 5,955 |
| Arizona | #780 | 6 | 1 in 6,165 |
| Georgia | #792 | 9 | 1 in 6,001 |
| North Carolina | #795 | 8 | 1 in 6,320 |
| Texas | #872 | 23 | 1 in 7,724 |
| New York | #900 | 14 | 1 in 7,450 |
| Virginia | #974 | 5 | 1 in 8,364 |
| Florida | #1,292 | 7 | 1 in 13,137 |
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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
- 92 spots since 2024 (#735 → #827)
- 168 spots since 2020 (#659 → #827)
- 132 spots since 2015 (#695 → #827)
- Biggest jump: 869 spots in 2011 (#1,806 → #937)
- Biggest drop: 92 spots in 2025 (#735 → #827)
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 2021 at #654 (418 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 2011–2025
- 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%)
- 46.0% of all boys named Flynn (3,070) were born in this decade
- 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.
Flynn in 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 80,048 of them was named Flynn, which outranked 69.8% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,710Zuleyka23
- #5,710Zuleyma23
- #5,710Zyrah23
- #5,895Flynn22
- #5,895Abiha22
- #5,895Adeleine22
- #5,895Adelena22
- #6,110Aaleigha21
- #6,110Aaron21
- #6,110Abri21
Tied with 214 names at #5,895; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 5,596 of them was named Flynn, which outranked 95.1% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).