Flynn

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Flynn: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Flynn: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #32 in 2013, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
124times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#32highest recorded position
26groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Flynn's record

Held a top-100 place for 27 years running. Names by top-100 run

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2022

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#3900
2003	#3594
2015	#5730
2016	#4763
2022	#5669

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2025: #90 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, #317 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #755 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2001–2025
Highest recorded position: #32 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2013 (recorded 2001–2025).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #90 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys

Flynn appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 6,170 births with the name.

Flynn across 6 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Flynn's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#755 (1996)	#137 (2014)	#222 (2024)	29 of 29	6,170 (1996–2024)	418 (2014)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#99 (2001)	#32 (2013)	#90 (2025)	21 of 25	2,898 (2001–2025)	267 (2013)
England and Wales · Girls	#3900 (1999)	#3594 (2003)	#5669 (2022)	5 of 24	17 (1999–2022)	4 (2003)
New Zealand · Boys	#84 (1999)	#47 (2006)	#89 (2022)	23 of 24	1,806 (1999–2022)	105 (2007)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#451 (2002)	#157 (2014)	#317 (2025)	23 of 24	403 (2002–2025)	42 (2014)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#193 (2003)	#150 (2015)	#154 (2024)	22 of 22	226 (2003–2024)	18 (2015)

Flynn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Flynn in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	157	4 of 10	39
2000s	1,691	10 of 10	169
2010sbusiest	3,163	10 of 10	316
2020s	1,159	5 of 10	232

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 316 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2010 and 2011, when recorded births rose by 195, from 157 to 352.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Flynn appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #32 in New South Wales, Australia in 2013.

Flynn's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#222	220	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#206	236	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#207	246	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#227	223	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#217	234	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#214	239	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#242	216	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#186	291	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#168	342	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#157	371	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#137	418	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#153	376	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#146	401	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#162	352	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#289	157	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#216	208	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#232	192	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#221	199	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#208	201	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#199	202	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#196	196	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#177	217	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#264	107	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#352	70	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#273	99	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#371	61	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#477	41	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#522	35	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#755	20	High	Verified
2025	New South Wales, Australia	male	#90	94	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	New South Wales, Australia	male	#72	107	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New South Wales, Australia	male	#92	90	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	New South Wales, Australia	male	#89	99	Insufficient	Not yet available
2021	New South Wales, Australia	male	#71	129	Insufficient	Not yet available
2020	New South Wales, Australia	male	#63	142	Insufficient	Not yet available
2019	New South Wales, Australia	male	#68	131	Insufficient	Not yet available
2018	New South Wales, Australia	male	#77	121	Insufficient	Not yet available
2017	New South Wales, Australia	male	#63	153	Insufficient	Not yet available
2016	New South Wales, Australia	male	#58	170	Insufficient	Not yet available
2015	New South Wales, Australia	male	#49	184	Insufficient	Not yet available
2014	New South Wales, Australia	male	#41	205	Insufficient	Not yet available
2013	New South Wales, Australia	male	#32	267	Insufficient	Not yet available
2012	New South Wales, Australia	male	#48	205	Insufficient	Not yet available
2011	New South Wales, Australia	male	#51	182	Insufficient	Not yet available
2008	New South Wales, Australia	male	#89	112	Insufficient	Not yet available
2006	New South Wales, Australia	male	#98	101	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New South Wales, Australia	male	#73	125	Insufficient	Not yet available
2003	New South Wales, Australia	male	#89	103	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	New South Wales, Australia	male	#93	93	Insufficient	Not yet available
2001	New South Wales, Australia	male	#99	85	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	New Zealand	male	#89	53	High	Verified
2020	New Zealand	male	#73	63	High	Verified
2019	New Zealand	male	#93	51	High	Verified
2018	New Zealand	male	#78	62	High	Verified
2017	New Zealand	male	#68	75	High	Verified
2016	New Zealand	male	#71	75	High	Verified
2015	New Zealand	male	#53	97	High	Verified
2014	New Zealand	male	#48	90	High	Verified
2013	New Zealand	male	#48	100	High	Verified
2012	New Zealand	male	#60	84	High	Verified
2011	New Zealand	male	#56	87	High	Verified
2010	New Zealand	male	#71	73	High	Verified
2009	New Zealand	male	#67	76	High	Verified
2008	New Zealand	male	#59	92	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	male	#50	105	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	male	#47	100	High	Verified
2005	New Zealand	male	#48	93	High	Verified
2004	New Zealand	male	#48	101	High	Verified
2003	New Zealand	male	#71	76	High	Verified
2002	New Zealand	male	#69	72	High	Verified
2001	New Zealand	male	#87	60	High	Verified
2000	New Zealand	male	#82	63	High	Verified
1999	New Zealand	male	#84	58	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#154	14	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#153	15	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#156	14	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#176	13	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#152	15	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#209	10	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#204	10	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#214	9	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#195	11	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#150	18	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#157	17	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#180	13	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#167	15	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#204	10	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#267	6	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#293	5	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#378	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#255	6	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#265	4	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#219	6	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#193	8	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	13	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	20	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#212	23	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#198	26	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#279	16	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	19	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#257	18	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#244	21	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#296	15	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#201	28	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#187	32	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#157	42	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#237	23	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#199	30	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#245	21	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#301	14	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#473	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#282	11	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	8	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#118	42	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #32, first reached in 2013.

It held a top-100 place in 27 years, 27 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 418 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1999, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Fodhla · #178, 13y
Ford · #535, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Archer · #32, 27y
Delilah · #32, 30y
Billie · #33, 35y
Frankie · #33, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Archer · #32, 27y
Delilah · #32, 30y
Tahlia · #32, 30y
Frankie · #33, 30y

Flynn was ranked #32 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 2013. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Flynn and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Flynn without appearing here.

Flynn moved ahead of

Jonas Compare
In 1996 they stood at #755 and #728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #522 and #1174.
Denis Compare
In 1996 they stood at #755 and #755 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #522 and #1052.
Garry Compare
In 1996 they stood at #755 and #573 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #522 and #914.
Erik Compare
In 1996 they stood at #755 and #755 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #522 and #874.

Moved ahead of Flynn

Tadhg Compare
In 2017 they stood at #214 and #229 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #204 and #121.
Teddy Compare
In 2015 they stood at #150 and #179 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2016 that had become #195 and #112.
George Compare
In 2003 they stood at #193 and #201 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2004 that had become #219 and #137.
Jayden Compare
In 2004 they stood at #219 and #264 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2005 that had become #265 and #185.

Moved the opposite way to Flynn

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Flynn went from #755 to #222 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Flynn went from #755 to #222 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Flynn went from #755 to #222 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Flynn went from #755 to #222 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Flynn

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Flynn went from #755 to #222 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Flynn went from #755 to #222 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Flynn went from #755 to #222 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Flynn went from #755 to #222 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #32 in New South Wales, Australia in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Flynn

Flynn at a glance

What stands out in Flynn's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Flynn across 6 official records

Flynn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Flynn appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Flynn

Flynn and the names beside it

Flynn moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Flynn

Moved the opposite way to Flynn

Moved the same way as Flynn

Flynn at a glance

What stands out in Flynn's record

Flynn across 6 official records

Flynn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Flynn appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Flynn

Flynn and the names beside it

Flynn moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Flynn

Moved the opposite way to Flynn

Moved the same way as Flynn