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How popular is the name Lynn?
Births per year, rank history and how many Lynns are alive today.
Lynn (female), once a common girls' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 5 in 2025, ranked 4201st. This spelling of the name peaked in 1954, when around 1,400 babies were given the name, the 36th most popular that year. It has declined since 1954; the 2025 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. At least 23,000 babies have been named Lynn in England and Wales since 1954. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Lynn is one spelling of a name also recorded as Lin, Linh and Lynne; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Lynn you are most likely to meet is around 71 years old. Half of all Lynns born in England and Wales are between 55 and 73, and there are at least 30,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 9.1% chance that at least one of them will be called Lynn.
How many babies are named Lynn each year?
Includes all spellings: Lynn, Lin, Linh, Lynne. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Lynn spelling rank?
Where does the Lin spelling rank?
Where does the Linh spelling rank?
Where does the Lynne spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Lynn most popular?
Lynn peaked in 1954, when around 1,400 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Lynn?
At least 30,000 people named Lynn in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Lynn?
Most living Lynns are between 55 and 73; the most common age is about 71.
Is Lynn becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1954 peak.