Flint
Boy · FLINT · English
Flint is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “flint stone”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 2,284th for boys in the US (61 babies).
What does Flint mean?
English: English word and surname
“flint stone”
From the English word for the hard stone used to strike sparks; also an English surname.
- Say it
- FLINT
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Is Flint a girl's or a boy's name?
Flint is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 61 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Flint in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,087among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Flint, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd.
2025 had the most boys named Flint of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Flint in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Flint in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 2 | #6,340 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Flint in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,284among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 61about 1 in 28,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 61 boys in the US were named Flint, making it the 2,284th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,946th. Its busiest year was 1959, with 100 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913.
2025 had fewer boys named Flint than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Flint in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 67 boys in the US were given Flint or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,863, up from #2,284 for this spelling alone.
- Flint 61
- Flynt 6
Flint in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | #2,284 |
| 2024 | 80 | #1,957 |
| 2023 | 68 | #2,128 |
| 2022 | 64 | #2,242 |
| 2021 | 73 | #2,025 |
| 2020 | 74 | #1,946 |
| 2019 | 75 | #1,953 |
| 2018 | 63 | #2,188 |
| 2017 | 92 | #1,707 |
| 2016 | 86 | #1,774 |
| 2015 | 74 | #1,955 |
| 2014 | 66 | #2,097 |
| 2013 | 57 | #2,249 |
| 2012 | 48 | #2,550 |
| 2011 | 38 | #2,999 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,240 |
| 2009 | 29 | #3,637 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,009 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 24 | #2,918 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,052 |
| 1989 | 25 | #2,539 |
| 1988 | 30 | #2,085 |
| 1987 | 28 | #2,111 |
| 1986 | 24 | #2,288 |
| 1985 | 17 | #2,825 |
| 1984 | 22 | #2,291 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,492 |
| 1982 | 22 | #2,268 |
| 1981 | 19 | #2,495 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 25 | #1,965 |
| 1977 | 20 | #2,270 |
| 1976 | 19 | #2,328 |
| 1975 | 25 | #1,883 |
| 1974 | 25 | #1,832 |
| 1973 | 27 | #1,696 |
| 1972 | 26 | #1,721 |
| 1971 | 31 | #1,559 |
| 1970 | 30 | #1,545 |
| 1969 | 30 | #1,463 |
| 1968 | 37 | #1,250 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,029 |
| 1966 | 41 | #1,164 |
| 1965 | 38 | #1,233 |
| 1964 | 39 | #1,235 |
| 1963 | 35 | #1,317 |
| 1962 | 49 | #1,090 |
| 1961 | 59 | #1,012 |
| 1960 | 86 | #820 |
| 1959 | 100 | #760 |
| 1958 | 42 | #1,185 |
| 1957 | 20 | #1,790 |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,301 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 17 | #1,855 |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,485 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
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