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Lynn

Pronounced /lɪn/

Rank in 2024
#6,001
Born in 2024
15
Peak year
1947 · #151
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:60 in 2024 (#2,798)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 15 boys were named Lynn, about 1 in every 114,354.
  • It peaked in 1947 with 1,781 babies, ranked #151.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 52,375 boys have been named Lynn since 1880.

Who else has this name

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

  1. 0.4
    Greatest
  2. 0.7
    Silent
  3. 0.6
    Boomers
  4. 0.2
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 5,972 babies, 0.36 per 1,000. Silent: 14,660 babies, 0.71 per 1,000. Boomers: 24,284 babies, 0.65 per 1,000. Gen X: 4,818 babies, 0.18 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,336 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Z: 449 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 195 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

  • A male given name transferred from the surname, usually used as a middle name.
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, popular as a middle name.
  • A female given name, variant of Lyn, popular as a middle name.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/lɪn/

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

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyRising

    Leon

    Rank
    #141
    Born '24
    2,547
    Origin
    Latin
    1880peak 19242024
  • GirlBoyRising

    Lian

    Rank
    #512
    Born '24
    594
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20242024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Len

    Rank
    #9,328
    Born '24
    8
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19602024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Lon

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19482024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Lyn

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19502024