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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 NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. 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.