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Flynn

Pronounced /flɪn/

Rank in 2024
#736
Born in 2024
351
Peak year
2021 · #653
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 351 boys were named Flynn, about 1 in every 4,887.
  • It peaked in 2021 with 418 babies, ranked #653.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1913.
  • 6,378 boys have been named Flynn since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Flynn per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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    Greatest
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    Silent
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    Boomers
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    Gen X
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    Millennials
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    Gen Z
  7. 0.2
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 47 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 59 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 205 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 196 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 243 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,331 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 4,297 babies, 0.20 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Anglicized from Irish Ó Floinn, "descendant of Flann (red)".

  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/flɪn/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Flynn, CC BY-SA 4.0.