Is Lynn a boy or girl name?
Lynn is mostly a girl name in the US. In 2024, 60 girls and 15 boys were named Lynn, so 80% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 77.7% of the 234,691 US babies named Lynn were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #6,047
- Girl rank, 2024
- #2,804
- Babies named Lynn since 1880
- 234,691
- Most popular year
- 1956
- 8,989 babies
Boys and girls named Lynn, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 272 | 15 | 5.2% |
| 1890s | 348 | 46 | 11.7% |
| 1900s | 414 | 121 | 22.6% |
| 1910s | 2,386 | 444 | 15.7% |
| 1920s | 4,096 | 896 | 17.9% |
| 1930s | 6,037 | 3,987 | 39.8% |
| 1940s | 14,203 | 29,387 | 67.4% |
| 1950s | 13,774 | 66,047 | 82.7% |
| 1960s | 6,372 | 51,930 | 89.1% |
| 1970s | 2,323 | 17,610 | 88.3% |
| 1980s | 1,120 | 6,778 | 85.8% |
| 1990s | 496 | 2,480 | 83.3% |
| 2000s | 262 | 1,336 | 83.6% |
| 2010s | 195 | 927 | 82.6% |
| 2020s | 77 | 312 | 80.2% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15 | #6,047 | 60 | #2,804 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,381 | 51 | #3,206 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,693 | 54 | #3,058 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,447 | 68 | #2,574 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,869 | 79 | #2,272 |
| 2019 | 19 | #5,079 | 96 | #2,004 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,688 | 71 | #2,496 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,861 | 90 | #2,137 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,932 | 93 | #2,105 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,642 | 84 | #2,251 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,620 | 88 | #2,163 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,557 | 92 | #2,088 |
| 2012 | 28 | #3,765 | 92 | #2,088 |
| 2011 | 30 | #3,568 | 110 | #1,834 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,958 | 111 | #1,838 |
| 2009 | 19 | #5,038 | 94 | #2,140 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,481 | 107 | #1,973 |
| 2007 | 18 | #5,137 | 137 | #1,630 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,221 | 119 | #1,753 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,142 | 151 | #1,423 |
| 2004 | 22 | #4,086 | 126 | #1,568 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,245 | 142 | #1,405 |
| 2002 | 37 | #2,622 | 138 | #1,402 |
| 2001 | 27 | #3,284 | 153 | #1,283 |
| 2000 | 49 | #2,075 | 169 | #1,185 |
| 1999 | 40 | #2,288 | 164 | #1,185 |
| 1998 | 34 | #2,537 | 168 | #1,130 |
| 1997 | 36 | #2,331 | 181 | #1,055 |
| 1996 | 31 | #2,515 | 209 | #933 |
| 1995 | 45 | #1,904 | 211 | #900 |
| 1994 | 52 | #1,725 | 260 | #787 |
| 1993 | 57 | #1,593 | 264 | #782 |
| 1992 | 58 | #1,537 | 287 | #739 |
| 1991 | 66 | #1,406 | 339 | #650 |
| 1990 | 77 | #1,265 | 397 | #583 |
| 1989 | 86 | #1,148 | 420 | #542 |
| 1988 | 83 | #1,094 | 469 | #484 |
| 1987 | 84 | #1,044 | 475 | #462 |
| 1986 | 89 | #978 | 514 | #424 |
| 1985 | 110 | #865 | 603 | #377 |
| 1984 | 103 | #868 | 706 | #329 |
| 1983 | 102 | #871 | 788 | #295 |
| 1982 | 123 | #801 | 834 | #296 |
| 1981 | 170 | #659 | 953 | #260 |
| 1980 | 170 | #663 | 1,016 | #253 |
| 1979 | 143 | #725 | 1,070 | #242 |
| 1978 | 152 | #678 | 1,107 | #223 |
| 1977 | 150 | #695 | 1,099 | #227 |
| 1976 | 182 | #606 | 1,147 | #215 |
| 1975 | 192 | #584 | 1,424 | #182 |
| 1974 | 224 | #533 | 1,644 | #163 |
| 1973 | 267 | #482 | 1,933 | #145 |
| 1972 | 291 | #461 | 2,251 | #135 |
| 1971 | 341 | #444 | 2,671 | #128 |
| 1970 | 381 | #420 | 3,264 | #119 |
| 1969 | 432 | #378 | 3,648 | #103 |
| 1968 | 455 | #363 | 4,103 | #85 |
| 1967 | 439 | #357 | 4,196 | #81 |
| 1966 | 485 | #341 | 4,306 | #81 |
| 1965 | 514 | #335 | 4,668 | #80 |
| 1964 | 646 | #307 | 5,675 | #72 |
| 1963 | 717 | #288 | 5,826 | #73 |
| 1962 | 833 | #264 | 6,217 | #71 |
| 1961 | 891 | #264 | 6,440 | #71 |
| 1960 | 960 | #255 | 6,851 | #64 |
| 1959 | 1,008 | #252 | 7,058 | #63 |
| 1958 | 1,052 | #239 | 7,215 | #60 |
| 1957 | 1,274 | #210 | 7,442 | #61 |
| 1956 | 1,253 | #208 | 7,736 | #58 |
| 1955 | 1,333 | #195 | 7,354 | #62 |
| 1954 | 1,415 | #187 | 6,780 | #63 |
| 1953 | 1,555 | #170 | 5,997 | #67 |
| 1952 | 1,591 | #167 | 5,818 | #71 |
| 1951 | 1,670 | #155 | 5,628 | #72 |
| 1950 | 1,623 | #154 | 5,019 | #76 |
| 1949 | 1,580 | #159 | 4,880 | #74 |
| 1948 | 1,572 | #157 | 4,609 | #80 |
| 1947 | 1,781 | #151 | 4,994 | #75 |
| 1946 | 1,530 | #154 | 3,884 | #94 |
| 1945 | 1,218 | #156 | 2,730 | #102 |
| 1944 | 1,290 | #153 | 2,260 | #116 |
| 1943 | 1,442 | #147 | 2,065 | #134 |
| 1942 | 1,394 | #146 | 1,749 | #149 |
| 1941 | 1,351 | #141 | 1,259 | #171 |
| 1940 | 1,045 | #160 | 957 | #193 |
| 1939 | 885 | #167 | 871 | #202 |
| 1938 | 810 | #181 | 722 | #232 |
| 1937 | 703 | #186 | 498 | #278 |
| 1936 | 614 | #199 | 384 | #308 |
| 1935 | 555 | #215 | 339 | #348 |
| 1934 | 564 | #216 | 305 | #363 |
| 1933 | 527 | #218 | 289 | #378 |
| 1932 | 496 | #239 | 244 | #422 |
| 1931 | 425 | #263 | 178 | #482 |
| 1930 | 458 | #262 | 157 | #542 |
| 1929 | 415 | #273 | 112 | #660 |
| 1928 | 468 | #264 | 115 | #654 |
| 1927 | 447 | #269 | 128 | #631 |
| 1926 | 370 | #295 | 92 | #753 |
| 1925 | 435 | #273 | 100 | #738 |
| 1924 | 409 | #282 | 80 | #842 |
| 1923 | 391 | #285 | 71 | #875 |
| 1922 | 383 | #287 | 77 | #839 |
| 1921 | 366 | #295 | 59 | #967 |
| 1920 | 412 | #274 | 62 | #927 |
| 1919 | 345 | #290 | 64 | #880 |
| 1918 | 362 | #282 | 69 | #865 |
| 1917 | 345 | #276 | 58 | #909 |
| 1916 | 320 | #287 | 56 | #910 |
| 1915 | 305 | #284 | 44 | #1,006 |
| 1914 | 232 | #295 | 45 | #872 |
| 1913 | 192 | #287 | 32 | #957 |
| 1912 | 156 | #287 | 28 | #968 |
| 1911 | 66 | #336 | 25 | #864 |
| 1910 | 63 | #313 | 23 | #907 |
| 1909 | 67 | #276 | 18 | #984 |
| 1908 | 50 | #313 | 18 | #956 |
| 1907 | 48 | #307 | 14 | #1,071 |
| 1906 | 40 | #327 | 14 | #1,025 |
| 1905 | 28 | #407 | 14 | #1,046 |
| 1904 | 40 | #318 | 11 | #1,148 |
| 1903 | 34 | #325 | 9 | #1,270 |
| 1902 | 39 | #310 | 9 | #1,280 |
| 1901 | 27 | #356 | 6 | #1,586 |
| 1900 | 41 | #341 | 8 | #1,516 |
| 1899 | 31 | #320 | 9 | #1,153 |
| 1898 | 44 | #270 | 8 | #1,333 |
| 1897 | 27 | #364 | 7 | #1,336 |
| 1896 | 37 | #308 | 6 | #1,508 |
| 1895 | 46 | #264 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 28 | #346 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 35 | #295 | 11 | #940 |
| 1892 | 39 | #295 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 34 | #279 | 5 | #1,448 |
| 1890 | 27 | #339 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 44 | #246 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 17 | #475 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 23 | #348 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 25 | #344 | 5 | #1,210 |
| 1885 | 25 | #352 | 5 | #1,141 |
| 1884 | 27 | #343 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 33 | #288 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 27 | #341 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 21 | #373 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 30 | #309 | 5 | #897 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Lynn reached #141 in 1941. As a girl name, it reached #58 in 1956. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1950s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Lynn
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.