Lynn
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Lynn is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “lake”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 2,542nd for girls in the US (69 babies).
What does Lynn mean?
Welsh: via an English place and surname
“lake”
From the Celtic word for a lake or pool, as in King's Lynn; later also a short form of names like Carolyn.
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Is Lynn a girl's or a boy's name?
Lynn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 69 girls and 15 boys in the US.
How popular is Lynn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Lynn, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lynn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1954 (#36) and 1964 (#61).
Lynn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,949 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,542 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 19 | #1,158 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,466 |
| 1996 | 17 | #1,179 |
How popular is Lynn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,542among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 69about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 69 girls in the US were named Lynn, making it the 2,542nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,257th. Its busiest year was 1956, with 7,736 girls. 15 boys were also named Lynn in 2025 (5,859th for boys).
2025 had more girls named Lynn than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Lynn in the US since 1880 were born between 1952 and 1966, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 91 girls in the US were given Lynn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,814, up from #2,542 for this spelling alone.
In 1880, 14% of the babies named Lynn in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 82%, with more girls than boys since 1942.
Lynn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 69 | #2,542 |
| 2024 | 60 | #2,798 |
| 2023 | 52 | #3,140 |
| 2022 | 54 | #3,033 |
| 2021 | 68 | #2,558 |
| 2020 | 79 | #2,257 |
| 2019 | 96 | #1,999 |
| 2018 | 71 | #2,478 |
| 2017 | 90 | #2,129 |
| 2016 | 93 | #2,093 |
| 2015 | 84 | #2,236 |
| 2014 | 88 | #2,154 |
| 2013 | 92 | #2,083 |
| 2012 | 92 | #2,078 |
| 2011 | 110 | #1,829 |
| 2010 | 111 | #1,830 |
| 2009 | 94 | #2,139 |
| 2008 | 107 | #1,966 |
| 2007 | 137 | #1,621 |
| 2006 | 119 | #1,743 |
| 2005 | 151 | #1,417 |
| 2004 | 126 | #1,561 |
| 2003 | 142 | #1,394 |
| 2002 | 138 | #1,393 |
| 2001 | 153 | #1,281 |
| 2000 | 169 | #1,180 |
| 1999 | 164 | #1,183 |
| 1998 | 168 | #1,128 |
| 1997 | 181 | #1,052 |
| 1996 | 209 | #930 |
| 1995 | 211 | #895 |
| 1994 | 260 | #784 |
| 1993 | 264 | #780 |
| 1992 | 286 | #738 |
| 1991 | 339 | #648 |
| 1990 | 397 | #582 |
| 1989 | 420 | #542 |
| 1988 | 469 | #484 |
| 1987 | 475 | #462 |
| 1986 | 514 | #424 |
| 1985 | 603 | #376 |
| 1984 | 706 | #329 |
| 1983 | 788 | #295 |
| 1982 | 834 | #294 |
| 1981 | 953 | #260 |
| 1980 | 1,016 | #253 |
| 1979 | 1,070 | #242 |
| 1978 | 1,107 | #223 |
| 1977 | 1,098 | #227 |
| 1976 | 1,147 | #215 |
| 1975 | 1,423 | #182 |
| 1974 | 1,644 | #163 |
| 1973 | 1,933 | #145 |
| 1972 | 2,252 | #135 |
| 1971 | 2,671 | #128 |
| 1970 | 3,264 | #119 |
| 1969 | 3,648 | #103 |
| 1968 | 4,103 | #85 |
| 1967 | 4,196 | #81 |
| 1966 | 4,306 | #81 |
| 1965 | 4,668 | #80 |
| 1964 | 5,675 | #72 |
| 1963 | 5,827 | #73 |
| 1962 | 6,217 | #71 |
| 1961 | 6,441 | #71 |
| 1960 | 6,850 | #64 |
| 1959 | 7,058 | #63 |
| 1958 | 7,214 | #60 |
| 1957 | 7,442 | #61 |
| 1956 | 7,736 | #58 |
| 1955 | 7,355 | #62 |
| 1954 | 6,780 | #63 |
| 1953 | 5,997 | #67 |
| 1952 | 5,818 | #71 |
| 1951 | 5,629 | #72 |
| 1950 | 5,020 | #76 |
| 1949 | 4,880 | #74 |
| 1948 | 4,609 | #80 |
| 1947 | 4,994 | #75 |
| 1946 | 3,884 | #94 |
| 1945 | 2,730 | #102 |
| 1944 | 2,260 | #116 |
| 1943 | 2,065 | #134 |
| 1942 | 1,749 | #149 |
| 1941 | 1,259 | #171 |
| 1940 | 957 | #193 |
| 1939 | 871 | #202 |
| 1938 | 722 | #232 |
| 1937 | 498 | #278 |
| 1936 | 384 | #307 |
| 1935 | 339 | #348 |
| 1934 | 305 | #363 |
| 1933 | 289 | #378 |
| 1932 | 244 | #421 |
| 1931 | 178 | #481 |
| 1930 | 157 | #542 |
| 1929 | 112 | #656 |
| 1928 | 115 | #653 |
| 1927 | 128 | #631 |
| 1926 | 92 | #748 |
| 1925 | 100 | #736 |
| 1924 | 80 | #839 |
| 1923 | 71 | #871 |
| 1922 | 77 | #835 |
| 1921 | 59 | #964 |
| 1920 | 62 | #921 |
| 1919 | 64 | #875 |
| 1918 | 69 | #862 |
| 1917 | 58 | #904 |
| 1916 | 56 | #904 |
| 1915 | 44 | #1,000 |
| 1914 | 45 | #870 |
| 1913 | 32 | #946 |
| 1912 | 28 | #960 |
| 1911 | 25 | #853 |
| 1910 | 23 | #896 |
| 1909 | 18 | #961 |
| 1908 | 18 | #939 |
| 1907 | 14 | #1,037 |
| 1906 | 14 | #1,002 |
| 1905 | 14 | #1,011 |
| 1904 | 11 | #1,092 |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,204 |
| 1902 | 9 | #1,219 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,466 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,430 |
| 1899 | 9 | #1,098 |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,263 |
| 1897 | 7 | #1,263 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,416 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 11 | #901 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,332 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,108 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,047 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 5 | #836 |
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