How Many People Are Named Flynn?
people named Flynn are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 49,369 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,160 babies named Flynn in Social Security records from 1913 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
430 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Floinn meaning "descendant of FLANN".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Flynn, 6.9% were girls and 93.1% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1960s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 4.7% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Flynn alive today is about 12 years old, and 92% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 14 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Flynn first appears in the records in 1913 and was given most often in 2021, to 430 babies. In 2025, 314 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1913 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Flynn has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #654, in 2021. In 2025 it ranked #828.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #828 |
| Best rank | #654 (2021) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #762 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Flynn alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Flynn were born in California than in any other state: about 694 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Flynn was given about 2.5 times as often in Minnesota, Utah and Wisconsin.
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