girls:
447 births since 1986
#5269 (8th percentile)
boys:
6k births since 1913
#1517 (67th percentile)
overall:
6.5k births since 1913
#3362 (57th percentile)
The name Flynn is the #3,362 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,472 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 56.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 56.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,517 (66.9% percentile) for all time with 6,025 births since 1913. For girls, it ranks #5,269 (7.8% percentile) for all time with 447 births since 1986.
Flynn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (1913 for boys and 1986 for girls). Birth data for Flynn is available in 93 out of the 111 years between 1913 and 2023 (93 years for boys and 30 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Flynn has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 93.1% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 92.8% of babies named Flynn were boys.
For boys, Flynn reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 40.4% percentile (ranked #555) with 223 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 223 births per million (ranked 40.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Flynn ranks #609 for boys (33.2% percentile) with 176 births per million, which is 78.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Flynn reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 2.8% percentile (ranked #905) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 16 births per million (ranked 2.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Flynn ranks #927 for girls (2.1% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 88.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Flynn".
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