Flynn
Flynn is ranked 737th among boys in 2024 (351 births). Its best rank was 653rd, in 2021.
- Rank in 2024
- #737up 45 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3510.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 2021418 births
- Best rank
- #653in 2021
- Since 1913
- 6,842people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,378 boys have been named Flynn in the United States since 1913, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 418 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2015, and the 2010s alone account for 48%. It has spent 14 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 464 girls have also been given it, 6.8% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Flynn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 36 | |
| 1920s | 16 | |
| 1930s | 28 | |
| 1940s | 60 | |
| 1950s | 96 | |
| 1960s | 138 | |
| 1970s | 116 | |
| 1980s | 139 | |
| 1990s | 202 | |
| 2000s | 618 | |
| 2010s | 3,070 | |
| 2020s | 1,859 |
In 2021, its biggest year
Flynn was the 653rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2021 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and James. See all of 2021.
Names that rose and fell with Flynn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Liampeak 2024
- Callenpeak 2023
- Enderpeak 2022
- Kruzpeak 2022
- Pennpeak 2014
- Raylenpeak 2020
- Bronxpeak 2022
- Judahpeak 2021
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.