Lynn**
#178 most common girls' name of all time · #345 across all names · 22% male / 78% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#178
Rank overall
#345 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
234,778
Since 2016
889
Peak year
1956 #58
Best rank
#58 1956
Girls
Boys
peak 8,989/yr
Lynn is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 69 | 15 | 84 | #2,543 |
| 2024 | 60 | 15 | 75 | #2,798 |
| 2023 | 52 | 14 | 66 | #3,141 |
| 2022 | 54 | 13 | 67 | #3,034 |
| 2021 | 68 | 23 | 91 | #2,560 |
| 2020 | 79 | 12 | 91 | #2,258 |
| 2019 | 96 | 19 | 115 | #1,999 |
| 2018 | 71 | 16 | 87 | #2,479 |
| 2017 | 90 | 20 | 110 | #2,130 |
| 2016 | 93 | 10 | 103 | #2,094 |
| 2015 | 84 | 16 | 100 | #2,236 |
| 2014 | 88 | 16 | 104 | #2,155 |
| 2013 | 92 | 21 | 113 | #2,084 |
| 2012 | 92 | 28 | 120 | #2,079 |
| 2011 | 110 | 30 | 140 | #1,829 |
| 2010 | 111 | 19 | 130 | #1,830 |
| 2009 | 94 | 19 | 113 | #2,139 |
| 2008 | 107 | 22 | 129 | #1,966 |
| 2007 | 137 | 18 | 155 | #1,623 |
| 2006 | 119 | 17 | 136 | #1,746 |
| 2005 | 151 | 22 | 173 | #1,420 |
| 2004 | 126 | 22 | 148 | #1,562 |
| 2003 | 142 | 29 | 171 | #1,395 |
| 2002 | 138 | 37 | 175 | #1,394 |
| 2001 | 153 | 27 | 180 | #1,283 |
| 2000 | 169 | 49 | 218 | #1,182 |
| 1999 | 164 | 40 | 204 | #1,185 |
| 1998 | 168 | 34 | 202 | #1,129 |
| 1997 | 181 | 36 | 217 | #1,053 |
| 1996 | 209 | 31 | 240 | #931 |
| 1995 | 211 | 45 | 256 | #899 |
| 1994 | 260 | 52 | 312 | #785 |
| 1993 | 264 | 57 | 321 | #781 |
| 1992 | 286 | 58 | 344 | #741 |
| 1991 | 339 | 66 | 405 | #648 |
| 1990 | 397 | 77 | 474 | #583 |
| 1989 | 420 | 86 | 506 | #542 |
| 1988 | 469 | 83 | 552 | #484 |
| 1987 | 475 | 84 | 559 | #462 |
| 1986 | 514 | 89 | 603 | #424 |
| 1985 | 603 | 110 | 713 | #376 |
| 1984 | 706 | 103 | 809 | #329 |
| 1983 | 788 | 102 | 890 | #295 |
| 1982 | 834 | 123 | 957 | #294 |
| 1981 | 953 | 170 | 1,123 | #260 |
| 1980 | 1,016 | 170 | 1,186 | #253 |
| 1979 | 1,070 | 143 | 1,213 | #242 |
| 1978 | 1,107 | 152 | 1,259 | #223 |
| 1977 | 1,098 | 150 | 1,248 | #227 |
| 1976 | 1,147 | 182 | 1,329 | #215 |
| 1975 | 1,423 | 192 | 1,615 | #182 |
| 1974 | 1,644 | 224 | 1,868 | #163 |
| 1973 | 1,933 | 267 | 2,200 | #145 |
| 1972 | 2,252 | 291 | 2,543 | #135 |
| 1971 | 2,671 | 341 | 3,012 | #128 |
| 1970 | 3,264 | 381 | 3,645 | #119 |
| 1969 | 3,648 | 432 | 4,080 | #103 |
| 1968 | 4,103 | 455 | 4,558 | #85 |
| 1967 | 4,196 | 439 | 4,635 | #81 |
| 1966 | 4,306 | 485 | 4,791 | #81 |
| 1965 | 4,668 | 514 | 5,182 | #80 |
| 1964 | 5,675 | 645 | 6,320 | #72 |
| 1963 | 5,827 | 719 | 6,546 | #73 |
| 1962 | 6,217 | 833 | 7,050 | #71 |
| 1961 | 6,441 | 892 | 7,333 | #71 |
| 1960 | 6,850 | 959 | 7,809 | #64 |
| 1959 | 7,058 | 1,008 | 8,066 | #63 |
| 1958 | 7,214 | 1,052 | 8,266 | #60 |
| 1957 | 7,442 | 1,274 | 8,716 | #61 |
| 1956 | 7,736 | 1,253 | 8,989 | #58 |
| 1955 | 7,355 | 1,333 | 8,688 | #62 |
| 1954 | 6,780 | 1,415 | 8,195 | #63 |
| 1953 | 5,997 | 1,555 | 7,552 | #67 |
| 1952 | 5,818 | 1,592 | 7,410 | #71 |
| 1951 | 5,629 | 1,669 | 7,298 | #72 |
| 1950 | 5,020 | 1,623 | 6,643 | #76 |
| 1949 | 4,880 | 1,580 | 6,460 | #74 |
| 1948 | 4,609 | 1,572 | 6,181 | #80 |
| 1947 | 4,994 | 1,781 | 6,775 | #75 |
| 1946 | 3,884 | 1,530 | 5,414 | #94 |
| 1945 | 2,730 | 1,218 | 3,948 | #102 |
| 1944 | 2,260 | 1,290 | 3,550 | #116 |
| 1943 | 2,065 | 1,442 | 3,507 | #134 |
| 1942 | 1,749 | 1,394 | 3,143 | #149 |
| 1941 | 1,259 | 1,351 | 2,610 | #171 |
| 1940 | 957 | 1,045 | 2,002 | #193 |
| 1939 | 871 | 885 | 1,756 | #202 |
| 1938 | 722 | 810 | 1,532 | #232 |
| 1937 | 498 | 703 | 1,201 | #278 |
| 1936 | 384 | 614 | 998 | #308 |
| 1935 | 339 | 555 | 894 | #348 |
| 1934 | 305 | 564 | 869 | #363 |
| 1933 | 289 | 527 | 816 | #378 |
| 1932 | 244 | 496 | 740 | #422 |
| 1931 | 178 | 425 | 603 | #482 |
| 1930 | 157 | 458 | 615 | #543 |
| 1929 | 112 | 415 | 527 | #658 |
| 1928 | 115 | 468 | 583 | #653 |
| 1927 | 128 | 447 | 575 | #631 |
| 1926 | 92 | 370 | 462 | #751 |
| 1925 | 100 | 435 | 535 | #738 |
| 1924 | 80 | 409 | 489 | #842 |
| 1923 | 71 | 391 | 462 | #872 |
| 1922 | 77 | 383 | 460 | #838 |
| 1921 | 59 | 366 | 425 | #964 |
| 1920 | 62 | 412 | 474 | #923 |
| 1919 | 64 | 345 | 409 | #876 |
| 1918 | 69 | 362 | 431 | #865 |
| 1917 | 58 | 345 | 403 | #908 |
| 1916 | 56 | 320 | 376 | #907 |
| 1915 | 44 | 305 | 349 | #1,001 |
| 1914 | 45 | 232 | 277 | #872 |
| 1913 | 32 | 192 | 224 | #948 |
| 1912 | 28 | 156 | 184 | #966 |
| 1911 | 25 | 66 | 91 | #862 |
| 1910 | 23 | 63 | 86 | #903 |
| 1909 | 18 | 67 | 85 | #974 |
| 1908 | 18 | 50 | 68 | #949 |
| 1907 | 14 | 48 | 62 | #1,051 |
| 1906 | 14 | 40 | 54 | #1,014 |
| 1905 | 14 | 28 | 42 | #1,023 |
| 1904 | 11 | 40 | 51 | #1,105 |
| 1903 | 9 | 34 | 43 | #1,220 |
| 1902 | 9 | 39 | 48 | #1,233 |
| 1901 | 6 | 27 | 33 | #1,483 |
| 1900 | 8 | 41 | 49 | #1,449 |
| 1899 | 9 | 31 | 40 | #1,121 |
| 1898 | 8 | 44 | 52 | #1,280 |
| 1897 | 7 | 27 | 34 | #1,278 |
| 1896 | 6 | 37 | 43 | #1,436 |
| 1895 | — | 46 | 46 | — |
| 1894 | — | 28 | 28 | — |
| 1893 | 11 | 35 | 46 | #918 |
| 1892 | — | 39 | 39 | — |
| 1891 | 5 | 34 | 39 | #1,347 |
| 1890 | — | 27 | 27 | — |
| 1889 | — | 44 | 44 | — |
| 1888 | — | 17 | 17 | — |
| 1887 | — | 23 | 23 | — |
| 1886 | 5 | 25 | 30 | #1,134 |
| 1885 | 5 | 25 | 30 | #1,073 |
| 1884 | — | 27 | 27 | — |
| 1883 | — | 33 | 33 | — |
| 1882 | — | 27 | 27 | — |
| 1881 | — | 21 | 21 | — |
| 1880 | 5 | 30 | 35 | #897 |