Lynn: Meaning of Baby Name Lynn

Lynn Popularity Snapshot

Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 52,375 baby boys have been named Lynn. The name peaked in 1947 with 1,781 US births that year (rank #151). In 2024, ranked #6047 nationally — 5,896 places below its 1947 peak.

Top States for Lynn

Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Lynn births are: Texas (3,333), Pennsylvania (3,058), Utah (2,689).

Other Anglo-Origin Names Like Lynn

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4-Letter Names Starting with L

Names with Lynn's exact length and starting letter: Lace, Lach, Laci, Laco, Lacy.

Quick Facts About Lynn

552

Anglo baby names in our dictionary

402

Anglo male names

103

4-letter L-names in our dictionary

389

L-male names total

1946–1968

years of US SSA records (23 total)

132,696

total US births named Lynn (all years)

US Popularity History (1946–1968)

↘️ Falling: Lynn dropped 12 places in the US girls ranking over the last 5 years (#73 in 1963 → #85 in 1968).

Annual US births named Lynn by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 1956 with 7,736 girls named Lynn (girl rank #58 that year).

Where it stands today: in 1968, ranked #85 for girls (4,103 US births). That's 27 places below its 1956 peak.

Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.

Variant Forms

Name	Meaning	Gender	Origin
Evelyn	Light	Female	Celtic
Lynette	Bird	Female	Anglo
Marilyn	Blend Of Marie Or Mary And Lyn.	Female	English
Marlin	A Form Of Merle.	Male	English

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