first name
LYNN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 193,296 people named Lynn, 88.5% reported their origin as White, 4% as Black and 3.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 85.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Lynn peaked in 1956, when 8,989 babies got the name.
At least 234,778 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Lynn by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #104. The largest share of babies named Lynn, 59.5%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Lynn is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lynn has been most common in Wisconsin (2.4×), Minnesota (2×), and Connecticut (2×), and least common in Nevada (0.25×).
225,879 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Lynn
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lynn, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Lynn ranks #932 of 156,621, with 36,656 people. See Lynn as a last name
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