# Flint (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/flint/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /flɪnt/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,601 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,601 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 133, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 38 | 3,016 |
| 2012 | 48 | 2,569 |
| 2013 | 57 | 2,259 |
| 2014 | 66 | 2,104 |
| 2015 | 74 | 1,963 |
| 2016 | 86 | 1,776 |
| 2017 | 92 | 1,709 |
| 2018 | 63 | 2,192 |
| 2019 | 75 | 1,961 |
| 2020 | 74 | 1,950 |
| 2021 | 73 | 2,030 |
| 2022 | 64 | 2,251 |
| 2023 | 68 | 2,135 |
| 2024 | 80 | 1,964 |
| 2025 | 61 | 2,293 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 8 | 2,318 |
| 2010 | 7 | 2,629 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,319 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,324 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,014 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.