# Lynn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lynn/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /lɪn/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Lyn, Lynne |
| US babies named this | 234,778 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 52,391 / 182,387 (78% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 174, 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 110 | 1,834 |
| 2012 | 92 | 2,088 |
| 2013 | 92 | 2,088 |
| 2014 | 88 | 2,165 |
| 2015 | 84 | 2,253 |
| 2016 | 93 | 2,105 |
| 2017 | 90 | 2,138 |
| 2018 | 71 | 2,497 |
| 2019 | 96 | 2,004 |
| 2020 | 79 | 2,272 |
| 2021 | 68 | 2,577 |
| 2022 | 54 | 3,059 |
| 2023 | 52 | 3,165 |
| 2024 | 60 | 2,811 |
| 2025 | 69 | 2,558 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 30 | 3,568 |
| 2012 | 28 | 3,766 |
| 2013 | 21 | 4,558 |
| 2014 | 16 | 5,620 |
| 2015 | 16 | 5,643 |
| 2016 | 10 | 7,934 |
| 2017 | 20 | 4,863 |
| 2018 | 16 | 5,688 |
| 2019 | 19 | 5,079 |
| 2020 | 12 | 6,873 |
| 2021 | 23 | 4,447 |
| 2022 | 13 | 6,698 |
| 2023 | 14 | 6,385 |
| 2024 | 15 | 6,072 |
| 2025 | 15 | 6,032 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 7 | 3,005 |
| 2009 | 9 | 2,535 |
| 2010 | 7 | 3,156 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,681 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,649 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,659 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3,252 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,706 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

## People named Lynn

- Lynn Margulis, American evolutionary biologist (1938–2011)
- Jamie Lynn Spears, American actress and singer (born 1991)
- Lynn Redgrave, British actress (1943–2010)
- Lynn Collins, American actress
- Lynn Conway, American computer scientist and electrical engineer (1938–2024)
- Lynn Fontanne, British actress (1887–1983)
- Lynn Anderson, American country music singer (1947-2015)
- Ginger Lynn, American pornographic actress
- Lynn Cohen, American actress (1933–2020)
- Lynn Bari, American actress (1913–1989)
- Lynn Whitfield, American actress
- Lynn Hill, American rock climber

## 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.