How popular is the name Glynn?

Glynn ranks 1,353rd among boys' names in US records, with 6,836 births since 1902. Over the past decade it accounts for 34.

Is Glynn a unisex name?

No. Glynn is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1950, when 147 children were given the name. It has been in use for 118 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Glyn. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#1,353 of boy names

Pronounced G L IH1 N (ARPABET)

Glynn is a boys' name, and first appears in 1902. It has been given to 6,836 children — the 1,353rd most common boys' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 34 births across the past decade, against a peak of 147 in a single year. That peak was in 1950.

Glyn is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

1950Boys: 147Girls: 10

These spellings sound identical to Glynn and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Glynn?: Glynn ranks 1,353rd among boys' names in US records, with 6,836 births since 1902. Over the past decade it accounts for 34.
Is Glynn a unisex name?: No. Glynn is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Glynn most popular?: 1950, when 147 children were given the name. It has been in use for 118 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Glynn spelled?: Glyn. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.