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Flynt

#11,105 in 2025Boys' name

From Middle English flynt; literal meaning unconfirmed

Flynt has been given to 124 babies in the U.S. since 1984. In 2025 it ranked #11,105 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2015, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Flynt, 2025

1 in 553,000

Flynt over time, 1880–2025

Boys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Flynt: meaning, origin, and history

From Middle English flynt; literal meaning unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Flynt means

Flynt is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Flynt is used in English.

Flynt comes through Middle English flynt.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 124 boys were recorded with the name Flynt between 1984 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2015; its best national rank was #6,446 in 2015.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #8,277 in 2020 to #11,105 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,446 in 2015 to #11,105 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Flynt?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 285,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#11,105
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Flynt sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Flynt. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Flynts were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Flynt was born before 2017 — so the typical Flynt is around 8 today.

Median birth year
2017
About 8 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
50.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
91.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
124
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 50.0% of all recorded uses (62).

Is Flynt rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−890
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,828
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−4,659
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.46×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
46.2%
Peak was 2015 (13)
Years since peak
10
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
30.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#6,446
2015

Spellings of Flynt

Flynt is not the most common spelling — Lynn is, with 50.0% against Flynt's 0.12%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Flynt around the world

Where Flynt ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2013–2013
    #4,685
    in 2013
  • South Australia
    2012–2012
    #771
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Flynt by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#11,105
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,828
Best rank ever
#6,446
2015
Peak year
2015
13 that year
First recorded
1984
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
124
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Flynt

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Flynt

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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