# Flynn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/flynn/  
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 | Irish |
| Meaning | “descendant of flann (red)” |
| Pronunciation | /flɪn/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,160 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,681 / 479 (7% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6,405, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 8,340 |
| 2012 | 22 | 5,975 |
| 2013 | 31 | 4,566 |
| 2014 | 20 | 6,283 |
| 2015 | 21 | 6,104 |
| 2016 | 22 | 5,855 |
| 2017 | 19 | 6,364 |
| 2018 | 19 | 6,343 |
| 2019 | 18 | 6,518 |
| 2020 | 12 | 8,574 |
| 2021 | 12 | 8,658 |
| 2022 | 26 | 5,072 |
| 2023 | 25 | 5,169 |
| 2024 | 17 | 6,742 |
| 2025 | 15 | 7,245 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 212 | 939 |
| 2012 | 339 | 702 |
| 2013 | 362 | 667 |
| 2014 | 391 | 658 |
| 2015 | 362 | 695 |
| 2016 | 375 | 679 |
| 2017 | 311 | 757 |
| 2018 | 295 | 780 |
| 2019 | 342 | 716 |
| 2020 | 398 | 659 |
| 2021 | 418 | 654 |
| 2022 | 369 | 715 |
| 2023 | 323 | 783 |
| 2024 | 355 | 736 |
| 2025 | 299 | 828 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3,594 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 352 | 162 |
| 2012 | 401 | 146 |
| 2013 | 376 | 153 |
| 2014 | 418 | 137 |
| 2015 | 371 | 157 |
| 2016 | 342 | 168 |
| 2017 | 291 | 186 |
| 2018 | 216 | 242 |
| 2019 | 239 | 214 |
| 2020 | 234 | 217 |
| 2021 | 223 | 227 |
| 2022 | 246 | 207 |
| 2023 | 236 | 206 |
| 2024 | 220 | 222 |
| 2025 | 218 | 227 |

## People named Flynn

- Lara Flynn Boyle, American actress (born 1970)
- Flynn Downes, English association football player (born 1999)
- Flynn Southam, Australian swimmer
- Flynn Robinson, American basketball player (1941–2013)
- Flynn Ogilvie, field hockey player

## 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.