Masculine dossier · first seen 1913

Flynn

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Flynn
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2021

Peak rank proxy

418

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Alpha

1913Peak 20212024

Peak year

2021

Decline from peak

16%

2024

351

All-time

6,378

Flynn has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2021, when 418 boys were named Flynn.

In 2024, only 351 boys were given the name.

Down 16% from its peak.

All told, about 6,378 Americans have been named Flynn and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1913.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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