Boy name#1,344 of boy names
Flynn
Pronounced F L IH1 N (ARPABET)
- 1 syllable
- Peaked 2021
- 112 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Flynn?
Flynn is a boys' name, and first appears in 1913. It has been given to 6,854 children — the 1,344th most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2021, when 418 children were given it.
Flinn is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Flynn and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Flinn
Characteristics
- 1 syllable
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- F L IH1 N
- Stress pattern:
- 1
- Syllables:
- 1
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Flynn
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Flynn
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Flynn?
- Flynn ranks 1,344th among boys' names in US records, with 6,854 births since 1913. Over the past decade it accounts for 3,556.
- Is Flynn a unisex name?
- No. Flynn is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Flynn most popular?
- 2021, when 418 children were given the name. It has been in use for 112 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Flynn spelled?
- Flinn. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.