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Is Lynn a Male or Female Name?

Lynn is predominantly a female name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Lynn globally is 5.5% males and 94.5% females. The country with the highest male ratio is United States with 9.3% and the country with the highest female ratio is Kenya with 100.0%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Lynn in percentages: Globally: 5.5% males, 94.5% females, United States: 9.3% males, 90.7% females, United Kingdom: 1.4% males, 98.6% females, Canada: 2.6% males, 97.4% females, China: 8.3% males, 91.7% females, Malaysia: 2.1% males, 97.9% females, South Africa: 3.7% males, 96.3% females, Belgium: 0.7% males, 99.3% females, Australia: 4.8% males, 95.2% females, Netherlands: 1.2% males, 98.8% females, Singapore: 2.9% males, 97.1% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Lynn are 65+ years old, making up 57.1% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Lynn in each age group: 18-24: 1.7%, 25-34: 5.8%, 35-44: 4.3%, 45-54: 7.3%, 55-64: 23.7%, 65+: 57.1%

The country with the largest proportion of people named Lynn is St. Lucia with 0.1066% of the population. Following is United States and Canada.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Lynn measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Lynn year over year: 1956: 0.0728‰, 1957: 0.0624‰, 1958: 0.0596‰, 1959: 0.0568‰, 1960: 0.0395‰, 1961: 0.0435‰, 1962: 0.0392‰, 1963: 0.0343‰, 1964: 0.0294‰, 1965: 0.0254‰, 1966: 0.0224‰, 1967: 0.0223‰, 1968: 0.0171‰, 1969: 0.0174‰, 1970: 0.0127‰, 1971: 0.0115‰, 1972: 0.011‰, 1973: 0.0089‰, 1974: 0.0091‰, 1975: 0.0072‰, 1976: 0.0075‰, 1977: 0.0063‰, 1978: 0.0063‰, 1979: 0.0065‰, 1980: 0.0054‰, 1981: 0.0058‰, 1982: 0.0048‰, 1983: 0.005‰, 1984: 0.0047‰, 1985: 0.0044‰, 1986: 0.0049‰, 1987: 0.0049‰, 1988: 0.005‰, 1989: 0.0047‰, 1990: 0.0059‰, 1991: 0.0068‰, 1992: 0.0067‰, 1993: 0.0057‰, 1994: 0.0074‰, 1995: 0.0084‰, 1996: 0.0088‰, 1997: 0.0075‰, 1998: 0.004‰, 1999: 0.0046‰, 2000: 0.0022‰

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