Lynn

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Lynn: Recorded since 1952, it reached #83 in 1955, and it stood at #898 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
87times a registrar ranked it
73years from first to last
#83highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#2411
1998	#1979
1999	#3900
2000	#2746
2001	#1870
2002	#1928
2003	#3099
2004	#1952
2005	#4798
2006	#3116
2007	#4294
2008	#3005
2009	#2535
2010	#3156
2012	#3681
2013	#2649
2014	#2659
2015	#3252
2016	#3214
2017	#2706
2018	#3985
2019	#4001
2020	#3447
2022	#3533
2023	#4709

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 girls in Republic of Ireland in 53 of the 60 years from 1965 to 2024.

In 2018: #896 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3985 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1952–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #90 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Highest recorded1952–1958
Highest recorded position: #83 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 1955 (recorded 1952–1958).
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2024.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Lynn appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, with 53 ranked years and 1,398 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Girls, from 1952.

Lynn across 3 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.

Lynn'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#251 (1965)	#93 (1978)	#898 (2024)	53 of 60	1,398 (1965–2024)	84 (1978)
England and Wales · Girls	#2683 (1996)	#1870 (2001)	#4709 (2023)	26 of 28	169 (1996–2023)	10 (2004)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#90 (1952)	#83 (1955)	#83 (1958)	6 of 7	530 (1952–1958)	104 (1958)

Lynn by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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 Lynn in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	62	5 of 10	12
1970s	494	10 of 10	49
1980sbusiest	519	10 of 10	52
1990s	224	10 of 10	22
2000s	65	9 of 10	7
2010s	28	7 of 10	4
2020s	6	2 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 52 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Lynn 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 5 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #83 in New South Wales, Australia in 1958.

Lynn'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
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2706	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2659	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1952	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1928	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1870	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1979	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
1958	New South Wales, Australia	female	#83	104	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	female	#84	85	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	female	#83	95	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	female	#88	84	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	female	#87	83	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	female	#90	79	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New Zealand	female	#96	53	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#351	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#695	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#641	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#403	11	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	7	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#278	11	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	10	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#355	6	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#252	10	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#219	20	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#197	22	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#205	19	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#206	19	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#184	23	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#138	39	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#158	31	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#143	35	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#122	45	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#136	41	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#152	35	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#136	43	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#122	53	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#122	56	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#126	55	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#120	66	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#116	67	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#131	58	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#119	65	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#93	84	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#128	60	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#125	62	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#113	69	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#157	45	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#182	32	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#169	34	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#186	29	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#225	14	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#197	22	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#216	15	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#268	7	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#226	10	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#251	8	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

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1952 and 2024, ranked in 66 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #83, first reached in 1955.

It held a top-100 place in 7 years, 5 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 104 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1958.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1954, and 46 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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Lynsey · #119, 32y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Adele · #84, 61y
Stewart · #84, 69y
Beatrice · #80, 61y
Gloria · #86, 65y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Sue · #83, 16y
Lois · #82, 35y
Stewart · #84, 69y
Virginia · #82, 57y

Lynn was ranked #83 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls in 1955. 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.

Lynn 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 Lynn without appearing here.

Lynn moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3681 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2659 and #5691.
Kristine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3252 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #3214 and #5785.
Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4294 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #3156 and #5707.
Gail Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4294 and #3667 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #3005 and #5545.

Moved ahead of Lynn

Malin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3533 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #2346.
Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3533 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #2504.
Harper Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1952 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #4798 and #2682.
Logan Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1979 and #2407 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #3900 and #1970.

Moved the opposite way to Lynn

Amy Compare
Between 1965 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lynn went from #251 to #898 while Amy went from #262 to #156.
Annie Compare
Between 1965 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lynn went from #251 to #898 while Annie went from #131 to #41.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1965 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lynn went from #251 to #898 while Charlotte went from #172 to #64.
Clodagh Compare
Between 1965 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lynn went from #251 to #898 while Clodagh went from #209 to #42.

Moved the same way as Lynn

Audrey Compare
Between 1965 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lynn went from #251 to #898 and Audrey from #73 to #898.
Eileen Compare
Between 1965 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lynn went from #251 to #898 and Eileen from #17 to #372.
Julia Compare
Between 1965 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lynn went from #251 to #898 and Julia from #45 to #75.
Margaret Compare
Between 1965 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lynn went from #251 to #898 and Margaret from #2 to #181.

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 5 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #83 in New South Wales, Australia in 1958. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Lynn

Lynn at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lynn across 3 official records

Lynn by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Lynn appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Lynn

Lynn and the names beside it

Lynn moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lynn

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Lynn at a glance

Lynn across 3 official records

Lynn by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Lynn appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Lynn

Lynn and the names beside it

Lynn moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lynn

Moved the opposite way to Lynn

Moved the same way as Lynn