as a First Name
Of uncertain origin: possibly an altered short form of Linda, or a derivative of the French name Line, which originated as a short form of various girls' names ending in this syllable, for example Caroline. The element -lyn(n) has been a productive suffix of English girls' names since at least the middle of the 20th century, Lynn itself having enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1950s and 60s, especially.
| 159th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 364,455
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Wisconsin
- has the most people named Lynn per capita
- 1956
- marked the height of its popularity
82%
18%
50%
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55+
47%
30-54
30-54
3%
13-29
13-29
0.73%
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