Flinn

maleStatistical record

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

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

Flinn: Recorded since 1996, it reached #615 in 2015, and it stood at #741 in 2020.

2registrars recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#615highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2016

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
2000	#2501
2001	#2587
2002	#2254
2003	#1771
2004	#1732
2005	#1617
2006	#2282
2007	#3095
2008	#2097
2009	#3227
2010	#2941
2011	#4647
2012	#2458
2014	#3895
2016	#4810

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 16 of the 21 years from 1996 to 2016.

In 2010: #720 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2941 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2020 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 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 recorded2010–2020
Highest recorded position: #615 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2015 (recorded 2010–2020).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2020
Most recently recorded at #741 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2020.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Flinn appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 16 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 94 births with the name.

Flinn across 2 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.

Flinn'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	#2863 (1996)	#1617 (2005)	#4810 (2016)	16 of 21	94 (1996–2016)	11 (2005)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#720 (2010)	#615 (2015)	#741 (2020)	3 of 11	10 (2010–2020)	4 (2015)

Flinn 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 Flinn in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	67	10 of 10	7
2010s	24	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Flinn 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #615 in Republic of Ireland in 2015.

Flinn'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
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2097	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1617	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1732	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1771	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#615	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2020, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #615, first reached in 2015.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2010, and 14 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.

Fletcher · #65, 30y
Fleur · #260, 33y
Flint · #1935, 20y
Flo · #1469, 21y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Gustavo · #616, 22y
Kaelem · #616, 16y
Kallan · #616, 20y
Ondrej · #616, 14y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Maaz · #615, 26y
Mariyah · #615, 29y
Neelam · #615, 21y
Shani · #615, 29y

Flinn was ranked #615 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2015. 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.

Flinn 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 Flinn without appearing here.

Flinn moved ahead of

Erin Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4647 and #2892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2458 and #4805.
Madison Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4647 and #2892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2458 and #3987.
Kristoffer Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2587 and #2587 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1771 and #2857.
Shannon Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2587 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2254 and #3225.

Moved ahead of Flinn

Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2941 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #4647 and #1398.
Aksel Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2458 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3895 and #2079.
Ole Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2282 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3095 and #1756.
Isak Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2458 and #3039 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3895 and #3362.

Moved the opposite way to Flinn

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Boys, Flinn went from #2863 to #4810 while Albie went from #853 to #88.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Boys, Flinn went from #2863 to #4810 while Alfie went from #119 to #14.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Boys, Flinn went from #2863 to #4810 while Alfred went from #218 to #111.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Boys, Flinn went from #2863 to #4810 while Archie went from #192 to #18.

Moved the same way as Flinn

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Boys, Flinn went from #2863 to #4810 and Aaron from #33 to #95.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Boys, Flinn went from #2863 to #4810 and Adam from #16 to #37.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Boys, Flinn went from #2863 to #4810 and Alex from #43 to #84.
Alexander Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Boys, Flinn went from #2863 to #4810 and Alexander from #14 to #21.

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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #615 in Republic of Ireland in 2015. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Flinn

Flinn at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Flinn across 2 official records

Flinn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Flinn 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 Flinn

Flinn and the names beside it

Flinn moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Flinn

Moved the opposite way to Flinn

Moved the same way as Flinn

Flinn at a glance

Flinn across 2 official records

Flinn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Flinn 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 Flinn

Flinn and the names beside it

Flinn moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Flinn

Moved the opposite way to Flinn

Moved the same way as Flinn