MyNameRoots
Baby name
Lynn
Girl Boy
78% girls / 22% boys
Origin of the name
Lynn comes from the Welsh llyn, “lake,” through an English place name. It is also a short form of names such as Linda.
Show the…
Short-lived name
Where babies named Lynn are born
Loading the map…
Tap a state to see its figures.
The darker the blue, the more common Lynn is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Lynn is most common in Wisconsin (2.6 times), Connecticut (2.5) and Rhode Island (2.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
Names from the same era
Classic name
Where babies named Lynn are born
Loading the map…
Tap a state to see its figures.
The darker the blue, the more common Lynn is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Lynn is most common in Utah (7.9 times), Idaho (6) and North Dakota (4.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
Names from the same era
Born in…
Add your year to see.
Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5% | 95% |
| 1890s | 12% | 88% |
| 1900s | 23% | 77% |
| 1910s | 16% | 84% |
| 1920s | 18% | 82% |
| 1930s | 40% | 60% |
| 1940s | 67% | 33% |
| 1950s | 83% | 17% |
| 1960s | 89% | 11% |
| 1970s | 88% | 12% |
| 1980s | 86% | 14% |
| 1990s | 83% | 17% |
| 2000s | 84% | 16% |
| 2010s | 83% | 17% |
| 2020s | 81% | 19% |