Flynn: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced FLIN · 1 syllable

Anglicized from Irish O Floinn, "descendant of Flann (red)".

How popular is Flynn?

Flynn was the #827 name in the US in 2025, given to 314 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2020.

Babies named Flynn in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2020).

Half of US adults named Flynn are older than 27; most are between 18 and 71. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Flynn have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Flynn is pronounced FLIN.

Flynn was the #827 name in the US in 2025, given to 314 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2020.

Half of US adults named Flynn are older than 27. Most are between 18 and 71.