Mostly girls · peaked in 1956
Lynn name popularity since 1925
228,422 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Lynn (79.4% girls, 20.6% boys). Half of them were born in 1957 or earlier, so the typical Lynn is about 69 years old in 2026. Lynn peaked in 1956 as the #58 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 228,422
- Named Lynn, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,558 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 79.4% girls
- 181,412 girls · 47,010 boys
- Most popular in
- Wisconsin
- 2.39× its national share
Peak year is the year Lynn made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Lynn births per year, 1925–2025
1956 was the biggest year for Lynn both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1929 and 1934, Lynn became 2.9× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 1972 and 1977, its share of baby girls fell by 52%, from 1 in 676 to 1 in 1,400.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Lynn's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Lynn.
Decade by decade
Babies named Lynn in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 547 | 2,135 | – |
| 1930s | 3,987 | 6,037 | #348 |
| 1940s | 29,387 | 14,203 | #102 |
| 1950s | 66,049 | 13,774 | #62 |
| 1960s | 51,931 | 6,373 | #80 |
| 1970s | 17,609 | 2,323 | #182 |
| 1980s | 6,778 | 1,120 | #377 |
| 1990s | 2,479 | 496 | #900 |
| 2000s | 1,336 | 262 | #1,424 |
| 2010s | 927 | 195 | #2,253 |
| 2020–25 | 382 | 92 | #2,558 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
61.2% of babies named Lynn from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Lynn is most popular
The index compares Lynn's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Lynn.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 2.39× | 10,549 |
| Connecticut | 2.01× | 4,898 |
| Minnesota | 1.98× | 8,123 |
| Rhode Island | 1.96× | 1,557 |
| Vermont | 1.92× | 719 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Lynn and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Lynn (this page) | 181,412 | 1956 |
| Lynne | 61,626 | 1962 |
| Lyn | 7,176 | 1962 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Lynn's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Lynn.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Lynn (1956).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data