Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Flynn*

#1,403 most common boys' name of all time · #3,388 across all names · 93% male / 7% female · used 1913–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#1,403
Rank overall
#3,388 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
95 of 146
All-time
7,160
Since 2016
3,670
Peak year
2021 #654
Best rank
#654 2021
Girls Boys peak 430/yr
192019401960198020002020

Flynn first appears in 1913. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 15 299 314 #827
2024 17 355 372 #737
2023 25 323 348 #784
2022 26 369 395 #715
2021 12 418 430 #654
2020 12 398 410 #660
2019 18 342 360 #715
2018 19 295 314 #781
2017 19 311 330 #757
2016 22 375 397 #679
2015 21 362 383 #695
2014 20 391 411 #658
2013 31 362 393 #667
2012 22 339 361 #701
2011 14 212 226 #939
2010 15 81 96 #1,807
2009 9 81 90 #1,826
2008 13 78 91 #1,865
2007 13 64 77 #2,121
2006 10 61 71 #2,127
2005 16 66 82 #1,925
2004 10 71 81 #1,766
2003 19 65 84 #1,821
2002 17 46 63 #2,263
2001 14 37 51 #2,571
2000 9 49 58 #2,060
1999 10 36 46 #2,473
1998 6 23 29 #3,313
1997 6 22 28 #3,277
1996 5 23 28 #3,126
1995 — 20 20 #3,323
1994 — 17 17 #3,783
1993 — 16 16 #3,853
1992 — 16 16 #3,789
1991 — 15 15 #3,855
1990 — 14 14 #4,013
1989 — 13 13 #4,069
1988 — 11 11 #4,228
1987 7 11 18 #4,016
1986 7 11 18 #3,950
1985 — 16 16 #2,983
1984 — 15 15 #2,992
1983 — 14 14 #3,115
1982 — 19 19 #2,545
1981 — 12 12 #3,465
1980 — 17 17 #2,767
1979 — 20 20 #2,399
1978 — 8 8 #4,252
1977 — 12 12 #3,256
1976 — 6 6 #5,093
1975 — 13 13 #2,963
1974 — 8 8 #3,931
1973 — 10 10 #3,315
1972 — 15 15 #2,474
1971 — 11 11 #3,039
1970 — 13 13 #2,668
1969 — 14 14 #2,348
1968 — 11 11 #2,650
1967 — 15 15 #2,087
1966 — 8 8 #3,097
1965 — 15 15 #2,136
1964 — 23 23 #1,683
1963 — 14 14 #2,256
1962 — 11 11 #2,596
1961 — 13 13 #2,374
1960 — 14 14 #2,267
1959 — 10 10 #2,748
1958 — 13 13 #2,326
1957 — 15 15 #2,150
1956 — 7 7 #3,363
1955 — 15 15 #2,109
1954 — 8 8 #3,076
1953 — 8 8 #3,025
1952 — 9 9 #2,795
1950 — 11 11 #2,393
1949 — 9 9 #2,719
1948 — 5 5 #3,900
1947 — 8 8 #2,998
1946 — 12 12 #2,227
1945 — 8 8 #2,686
1944 — 5 5 #3,629
1941 — 13 13 #2,062
1939 — 8 8 #2,755
1938 — 7 7 #3,054
1937 — 8 8 #2,829
1930 — 5 5 #4,207
1928 — 5 5 #4,372
1927 — 6 6 #3,968
1925 — 5 5 #4,436
1919 — 7 7 #3,577
1917 — 5 5 #4,205
1916 — 9 9 #2,871
1915 — 5 5 #4,044
1914 — 5 5 #3,514
1913 — 5 5 #3,138