Lynn

#2,542 for girls in 2025, 69 births · #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
Given to girls 77.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1956 · 7,736 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
23 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
182,387
since 1880

Lynn over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201907peak #58, 1956peak #141, 1941girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,54269#5,86115
2024#2,79860#5,90415
2023#3,14052#6,22014
2022#3,03354#6,47913
2021#2,55868#4,36223
2020#2,25779#6,62012
2019#1,99996#4,95119
2018#2,47871#5,54016
2017#2,12990#4,74620
2016#2,09393#7,60510
2015#2,23684#5,50716
2014#2,15488#5,48516
2013#2,08392#4,46321
2012#2,07892#3,71428
2011#1,829110#3,51030
2010#1,830111#4,84819
2009#2,13994#4,92219
2008#1,966107#4,39522
2007#1,621137#4,99618
2006#1,743119#5,07217
2005#1,417151#4,06222
2004#1,562126#4,00522
2003#1,395142#3,18629
2002#1,394138#2,60337
2001#1,282153#3,22827
2000#1,182169#2,04949
1999#1,185164#2,26340
1998#1,129168#2,50734
1997#1,053181#2,31136
1996#931209#2,48331
1995#898211#1,88745
1994#785260#1,71652
1993#781264#1,57757
1992#739286#1,52558
1991#648339#1,39666
1990#583397#1,25977
1989#542420#1,14586
1988#484469#1,09283
1987#462475#1,04084
1986#424514#97189
1985#376603#857110
1984#329706#866103
1983#295788#867102
1982#294834#798123
1981#260953#658170
1980#2531,016#662170
1979#2421,070#724143
1978#2231,107#677152
1977#2271,098#692150
1976#2151,147#603182
1975#1821,423#584192
1974#1631,644#533224
1973#1451,933#482267
1972#1352,252#461291
1971#1282,671#444341
1970#1193,264#418381
1969#1033,648#377432
1968#854,103#363455
1967#814,196#357439
1966#814,306#341485
1965#804,668#334514
1964#725,675#307645
1963#735,827#288719
1962#716,217#264833
1961#716,441#264892
1960#646,850#255959
1959#637,058#2511,008
1958#607,214#2391,052
1957#617,442#2101,274
1956#587,736#2081,253
1955#627,355#1961,333
1954#636,780#1871,415
1953#675,997#1701,555
1952#715,818#1671,592
1951#725,629#1551,669
1950#765,020#1541,623
1949#744,880#1591,580
1948#804,609#1571,572
1947#754,994#1511,781
1946#943,884#1541,530
1945#1022,730#1561,218
1944#1162,260#1531,290
1943#1342,065#1471,442
1942#1491,749#1461,394
1941#1711,259#1411,351
1940#193957#1601,045
1939#202871#167885
1938#232722#181810
1937#278498#186703
1936#307384#199614
1935#348339#215555
1934#363305#216564
1933#378289#218527
1932#421244#239496
1931#481178#263425
1930#542157#262458
1929#656112#273415
1928#653115#263468
1927#631128#269447
1926#74892#294370
1925#736100#273435
1924#83980#282409
1923#87171#285391
1922#83577#287383
1921#96459#295366
1920#92162#273412
1919#87564#290345
1918#86269#281362
1917#90458#275345
1916#90456#287320
1915#1,00044#284305
1914#87045#293232
1913#94632#287192
1912#96028#286156
1911#85325#33666
1910#89623#31163
1909#96118#27567
1908#93918#31050
1907#1,03714#30748
1906#1,00214#32340
1905#1,01114#40428
1904#1,09211#31240
1903#1,2049#32234
1902#1,2199#30839
1901#1,4666#35327
1900#1,4318#33741
1899#1,0999#31531
1898#1,2638#26844
1897#1,2637#36027
1896#1,4166#30637
1895—#26246
1894—#33628
1893#90111#29235
1892—#29239
1891#1,3325#27734
1890—#33527
1889—#24444
1888—#46417
1887—#34023
1886#1,1085#33625
1885#1,0475#34425
1884—#33627
1883—#28433
1882—#33227
1881—#36021
1880#8365#30530
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lynn was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1892, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Lynn is popular in 1907

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Lynn
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 256 spots since 2024 (#2,798 → #2,542)
  • 285 spots since 2020 (#2,257 → #2,542)
  • 306 spots since 2015 (#2,236 → #2,542)
  • Biggest jump: 129 spots in 1922 (#964 → #835)
  • Biggest drop: 130 spots in 1915 (#870 → #1,000)
Rise & fade · girls
76 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1956 at #58 (7,736 births)
  • Births halved by 1969, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 23 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 23 yrs · run 1946–1968
  • Top 1,000: 91 yrs · run 1908–1996
Share of babies · girls
1 in 260
  • Highest: 1 in 260 girls born in 1956 were named Lynn (0.39%)
  • Latest: 1 in 23,294 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 36.2% of all girls named Lynn (66,049) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1942
  • Mostly boys until 1941, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s15#836 (1880)#997
1890s46#901 (1893)#1,212
1900s121#939 (1908)#1,136
1910s444#853 (1911)#907
1920s896#631 (1927)#785
1930s3,987#202 (1939)#355
1940s29,387#74 (1949)#119
1950s66,049#58 (1956)#65
1960s51,931#64 (1960)#78
1970s17,609#119 (1970)#178
1980s6,778#253 (1980)#372
1990s2,479#583 (1990)#873
2000s1,336#1,182 (2000)#1,570
2010s927#1,829 (2011)#2,091
2020s382#2,257 (2020)#2,721

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

Lynn in 1907

girls
#1,037
14 births · 1 in 22,755 girls
boys
#307
48 births · 1 in 3,059 boys

Top girls' names in 1907

  1. #1Mary17,580
  2. #2Helen7,579
  3. #3Margaret6,713
  4. #4Anna5,575
  5. #5Ruth5,573
  6. #6Dorothy4,967
  7. #7Elizabeth4,624
  8. #8Mildred4,277
  9. #9Alice4,107
  10. #10Marie3,880
  11. #1,037Lynn14

Top boys' names in 1907

  1. #1John8,983
  2. #2William6,904
  3. #3James6,707
  4. #4George4,445
  5. #5Robert4,020
  6. #6Charles3,884
  7. #7Joseph3,844
  8. #8Frank2,943
  9. #9Edward2,576
  10. #10Henry2,203
  11. #307Lynn48
More about 1907

girls

318,564 girls got a published name in 1907; 1 in 22,755 of them was named Lynn, which outranked 56.8% of the 2,399 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lynn
  1. #990Willia15
  2. #990Zelpha15
  3. #990Zita15
  4. #1,037Lynn14
  5. #1,037Adline14
  6. #1,037Aili14
  7. #1,037Arlena14
  8. #1,092Aimee13
  9. #1,092Ammie13
  10. #1,092Annalee13

Tied with 54 names at #1,037; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1906
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,028Lota#1,951 → #923
  2. ↑ 1,028Tula#1,951 → #923
  3. ↑ 961Cleda#1,951 → #990
  4. ↑ 961Ingrid#1,951 → #990
  5. ↑ 961Santa#1,951 → #990
Fallers
  1. ↓ 926Macy#895 → #1,821
  2. ↓ 742Libbie#642 → #1,384
  3. ↓ 736Hertha#776 → #1,512
  4. ↓ 719Zadie#793 → #1,512
  5. ↓ 674Anabel#965 → #1,639

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

boys

146,826 boys got a published name in 1907; 1 in 3,059 of them was named Lynn, which outranked 80.2% of the 1,549 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lynn
  1. #304Carlton49
  2. #304Dallas49
  3. #304Isadore49
  4. #307Lynn48
  5. #307Neal48
  6. #307Rex48
  7. #310Erwin47
  8. #310Ike47
  9. #310Reginald47

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1906
Risers
  1. ↑ 518Leamon#1,253 → #735
  2. ↑ 518Price#1,253 → #735
  3. ↑ 495Quincy#1,111 → #616
  4. ↑ 477Irene#1,111 → #634
  5. ↑ 477Mitchel#1,111 → #634
Fallers
  1. ↓ 636Norval#709 → #1,345
  2. ↓ 593Harper#752 → #1,345
  3. ↓ 560Barton#640 → #1,200
  4. ↓ 547Hurley#798 → #1,345
  5. ↓ 547Lawton#798 → #1,345

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

See the top 100 for 1907 →