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.

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
18801900192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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