Flynn
Boy · FLIN · Irish
Flynn is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “descendant of the ruddy one”. In 2025 it ranked 207th for boys in the UK (273 babies) and 827th for boys in the US (299 babies).
What does Flynn mean?
Irish: from the surname Ó Floinn
“descendant of the ruddy one”
From the Irish surname Ó Floinn, based on the old name Flann, meaning ruddy or red.
- Say it
- FLIN
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Is Flynn a girl's or a boy's name?
Flynn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 273 boys in the UK and 15 girls and 299 boys in the US.
How popular is Flynn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 273about 1 in 1,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.3%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 273 boys in the UK were named Flynn, making it the 207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 197th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 484 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Flynn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 227th in England and Wales, 116th in Scotland and 175th in Northern Ireland.
Flynn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 273 | #207 |
| 2024 | 276 | #200 |
| 2023 | 300 | #192 |
| 2022 | 302 | #191 |
| 2021 | 273 | #212 |
| 2020 | 285 | #197 |
| 2019 | 288 | #200 |
| 2018 | 259 | #224 |
| 2017 | 345 | #177 |
| 2016 | 394 | #171 |
| 2015 | 426 | #154 |
| 2014 | 484 | #138 |
| 2013 | 443 | #150 |
| 2012 | 465 | #144 |
| 2011 | 403 | #161 |
| 2010 | 182 | #288 |
| 2009 | 231 | #228 |
| 2008 | 219 | #236 |
| 2007 | 234 | #221 |
| 2006 | 228 | #209 |
| 2005 | 228 | #199 |
| 2004 | 219 | #197 |
| 2003 | 241 | #179 |
| 2002 | 115 | #277 |
| 2001 | 73 | #384 |
| 2000 | 107 | #291 |
| 1999 | 64 | #390 |
| 1998 | 43 | #509 |
| 1997 | 37 | #545 |
| 1996 | 20 | #797 |
How popular is Flynn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #827among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 299about 1 in 5,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 299 boys in the US were named Flynn, making it the 827th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 659th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 418 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913. 15 girls were also named Flynn in 2025 (7,131st for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Flynn than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Flynn in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Flynn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 299 | #827 |
| 2024 | 355 | #735 |
| 2023 | 323 | #782 |
| 2022 | 369 | #715 |
| 2021 | 418 | #654 |
| 2020 | 398 | #659 |
| 2019 | 342 | #714 |
| 2018 | 295 | #780 |
| 2017 | 311 | #757 |
| 2016 | 375 | #679 |
| 2015 | 362 | #695 |
| 2014 | 391 | #658 |
| 2013 | 362 | #667 |
| 2012 | 339 | #701 |
| 2011 | 212 | #937 |
| 2010 | 81 | #1,805 |
| 2009 | 81 | #1,824 |
| 2008 | 78 | #1,861 |
| 2007 | 64 | #2,117 |
| 2006 | 61 | #2,125 |
| 2005 | 66 | #1,918 |
| 2004 | 71 | #1,760 |
| 2003 | 65 | #1,812 |
| 2002 | 46 | #2,245 |
| 2001 | 37 | #2,557 |
| 2000 | 49 | #2,045 |
| 1999 | 36 | #2,459 |
| 1998 | 23 | #3,292 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 23 | #3,102 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,070 |
| 1982 | 19 | #2,517 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,728 |
| 1979 | 20 | #2,378 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,900 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 15 | #2,418 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 13 | #2,620 |
| 1969 | 14 | #2,307 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,029 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,083 |
| 1964 | 23 | #1,654 |
| 1963 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,502 |
| 1961 | 13 | #2,321 |
| 1960 | 14 | #2,209 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,662 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,263 |
| 1957 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,047 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 11 | #2,320 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,142 |
| 1945 | 8 | #2,573 |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 13 | #1,997 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,680 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,729 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
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