The name Lynn is of English origin, and means pretty.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Lynn has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Lynn
Use of the Name Lynn for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
179,013
115,065
8,738
419
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Lynn has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Lynn last appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1996, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Lynn
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
897
5
309
30
1881
373
21
1882
341
27
1883
288
33
1884
343
27
1885
352
25
1886
344
25
1887
348
23
1888
475
17
1889
246
44
1890
333
28
1891
279
34
1892
295
39
1893
941
11
295
35
1894
346
28
1895
264
46
1896
309
37
1897
364
27
1898
271
44
1899
320
31
1900
343
41
1901
356
27
1902
310
39
1903
325
34
1904
317
40
1905
994
15
407
28
1906
327
40
1907
307
48
1908
956
18
312
50
1909
276
67
1910
907
23
313
63
1911
864
25
338
65
1912
969
28
286
156
1913
953
32
286
192
1914
872
45
298
230
1915
999
45
286
304
1916
923
55
287
320
1917
909
58
275
347
1918
865
69
282
363
1919
881
64
291
344
1920
928
62
272
412
1921
952
61
295
363
1922
843
76
287
383
1923
876
71
285
392
1924
850
79
283
408
1925
731
102
273
438
1926
754
92
296
368
1927
651
124
270
445
1928
654
115
264
465
1929
658
113
273
416
1930
540
158
261
456
1931
484
177
262
426
1932
422
244
239
496
1933
377
289
218
529
1934
363
303
216
563
1935
347
339
215
552
1936
308
384
200
615
1937
278
498
187
702
1938
232
721
181
811
1939
202
873
167
884
1940
193
955
159
1,049
1941
171
1,260
141
1,343
1942
149
1,748
146
1,399
1943
134
2,063
147
1,435
1944
116
2,255
154
1,281
1945
102
2,732
156
1,217
1946
94
3,880
155
1,517
1947
75
4,990
151
1,778
1948
80
4,606
157
1,564
1949
74
4,874
159
1,577
1950
76
5,021
155
1,619
1951
72
5,611
154
1,661
1952
71
5,815
167
1,590
1953
67
5,985
170
1,552
1954
63
6,779
187
1,412
1955
62
7,344
195
1,334
1956
58
7,734
209
1,248
1957
61
7,437
211
1,267
1958
60
7,211
239
1,053
1959
63
7,062
253
1,003
1960
64
6,850
255
961
1961
71
6,441
263
891
1962
71
6,214
264
831
1963
73
5,832
288
718
1964
72
5,675
307
646
1965
80
4,664
334
515
1966
81
4,307
340
485
1967
81
4,197
359
438
1968
85
4,100
363
456
1969
103
3,646
377
433
1970
119
3,265
417
381
1971
128
2,666
443
340
1972
135
2,250
461
292
1973
145
1,939
483
266
1974
163
1,649
533
225
1975
183
1,421
584
191
1976
215
1,147
597
184
1977
227
1,100
695
149
1978
223
1,108
677
152
1979
241
1,068
726
143
1980
253
1,016
664
169
1981
261
950
655
171
1982
295
834
799
123
1983
295
787
870
102
1984
330
705
866
103
1985
377
602
862
110
1986
424
513
976
89
1987
462
474
1988
484
468
1989
536
425
1990
580
398
1991
652
337
1992
743
285
1993
779
265
1994
787
260
1995
901
210
1996
933
209
Totals:
179,013
51,006
During the last 125 years, parents have used Lynn as a girl's name about 77% of the time and less frequently (about 22% of the time) as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Lynn appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 91 times during the last 125 years.