Meaning and history
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Floinn, itself derived from the given name or byname Flann. A notable bearer of the surname was American actor Errol Flynn (1909–1959), and the name later gained popularity as a given name after appearing as a character in the 2010 Disney film Tangled.
20062006: 61 births, rank #2,126
2007: 64 births, rank #2,117
2008: 78 births, rank #1,861
2009: 81 births, rank #1,825
2010: 81 births, rank #1,806
20112011: 212 births, rank #937
2012: 339 births, rank #701
2013: 362 births, rank #667
2014: 391 births, rank #658
2015: 362 births, rank #695
20162016: 375 births, rank #679
2017: 311 births, rank #757
2018: 295 births, rank #780
2019: 342 births, rank #714
2020: 398 births, rank #659
20212021: 418 births, rank #654
2022: 369 births, rank #715
2023: 323 births, rank #782
2024: 355 births, rank #735
20252025: 299 births, rank #827
Flynn moved from #736 to #828 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2021, with 418 births.