Lynn Name Popularity

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How popular is Lynn?

Ranking 2,478th in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Lynn is rare.

Although not currently within the top 1000, Lynn has seen higher popularity rankings.

Position 58, its highest popularity ranking, was reached in 1956 with 7,734 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Lynn was less than 5, most recently in 1895.

Approximately during the years 1903-1918, 1919-1947, and 1948-1955, the name Lynn took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1964-1976, 1978-1986, 1988-1997, 2005-2009, and 2016-2017.

Lynn became more popular as a girls name in 1942.

Currently, the name is at an extremely low point when compared to its most popular year.

How popular will Lynn be?

The popularity trend for Lynn has steadily decreased for a while. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Lynn for their newborn has dropped.

The name Lynn is quite distinctive and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Lynn has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Lynn (Girl)		Lynn (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		71	2,478	16	5,652
2017		88	2,167	20	4,845
2016		92	2,118	10	7,918
2015		83	2,267	16	5,630
2014		88	2,161	16	5,610
2013		91	2,100	20	4,727
2012		92	2,083	28	3,761
2011		110	1,830	30	3,565
2010		111	1,837	19	4,953
2009		93	2,154	19	5,036
2008		107	1,971	22	4,480
2007		137	1,630	18	5,135
2006		119	1,753	17	5,214
2005		150	1,429	22	4,141
2004		126	1,567	22	4,086
2003		142	1,405	29	3,242
2002		138	1,402	37	2,621
2001		153	1,283	27	3,282
2000		169	1,184	49	2,073
1999		164	1,184	40	2,286
1998		168	1,130	34	2,536
1997		181	1,055	36	2,331
1996		209	933	31	2,514
1995		211	900	45	1,903
1994		260	787	52	1,725
1993		264	781	57	1,592
1992		286	741	58	1,538
1991		337	653	66	1,406
1990		398	582	77	1,265
1989		420	542	86	1,148
1988		469	484	83	1,094
1987		475	462	84	1,043
1986		515	423	90	970
1985		603	377	110	865
1984		706	329	103	868
1983		790	295	102	871
1982		834	295	123	799
1981		953	260	170	659
1980		1,015	253	170	662
1979		1,070	242	143	725
1978		1,108	223	152	679
1977		1,099	227	149	696
1976		1,148	215	182	605
1975		1,423	182	193	583
1974		1,645	163	225	534
1973		1,933	145	267	482
1972		2,251	135	291	461
1971		2,672	128	341	444
1970		3,264	119	381	420
1969		3,649	103	431	379
1968		4,102	85	456	362
1967		4,197	81	439	359
1966		4,307	81	485	341
1965		4,667	80	514	335
1964		5,674	72	646	307
1963		5,826	73	717	288
1962		6,217	71	832	264
1961		6,442	71	890	264
1960		6,850	64	960	255
1959		7,061	63	1,009	252
1958		7,220	60	1,048	240
1957		7,437	61	1,271	210
1956		7,734	58	1,252	208
1955		7,354	62	1,335	195
1954		6,780	63	1,415	187
1953		5,998	67	1,554	170
1952		5,816	71	1,590	167
1951		5,628	72	1,669	155
1950		5,020	76	1,623	154
1949		4,880	74	1,579	159
1948		4,608	80	1,572	157
1947		4,994	75	1,781	151
1946		3,884	94	1,530	154
1945		2,729	102	1,217	156
1944		2,260	116	1,290	153
1943		2,064	134	1,441	147
1942		1,749	149	1,395	146
1941		1,259	171	1,349	141
1940		957	193	1,046	160
1939		871	202	885	167
1938		723	232	810	181
1937		498	278	703	187
1936		384	308	614	199
1935		339	348	555	215
1934		305	363	564	216
1933		289	378	528	218
1932		244	422	496	239
1931		177	484	425	263
1930		158	541	458	262
1929		112	660	415	273
1928		115	654	469	263
1927		128	631	446	269
1926		92	753	369	295
1925		100	738	435	273
1924		80	842	410	282
1923		71	875	391	285
1922		77	839	383	287
1921		59	967	366	295
1920		62	927	412	274
1919		64	881	345	290
1918		69	865	362	282
1917		58	909	345	276
1916		56	910	320	287
1915		44	1,006	305	284
1914		45	872	232	295
1913		32	957	192	287
1912		28	968	156	287
1911		25	864	66	336
1910		23	907	63	313
1909		18	984	67	276
1908		18	957	50	313
1907		14	1,071	48	307
1906		14	1,025	40	327
1905		14	1,046	28	407
1904		11	1,148	40	318
1903		9	1,270	34	325
1902		9	1,280	39	310
1901		6	1,586	27	356
1900		8	1,516	41	341
1899		9	1,153	31	320
1898		8	1,333	44	270
1897		7	1,336	27	364
1896		6	1,508	37	308
1895		< 5	--	46	264
1894		< 5	--	28	346
1893		11	940	35	295
1892		< 5	--	39	295
1891		5	1,448	34	279
1890		< 5	--	27	339
1889		< 5	--	44	246
1888		< 5	--	17	475
1887		< 5	--	23	348
1886		5	1,210	25	344
1885		5	1,141	25	352
1884		< 5	--	27	343
1883		< 5	--	33	288
1882		< 5	--	27	341
1881		< 5	--	21	373
1880		5	897	30	309

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.