NameTides

Flint

Flint was the #2,284 boys' name in the US in 2025 (61 babies), and #2,014 in England & Wales.

Flint as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Flint as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Flint as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,284 (61)#2,014 (12)—
2024#1,957 (80)#4,271 (4)—
2023#2,129 (68)#4,108 (4)—
2022#2,243 (64)—#2,810 (5)
2021#2,026 (73)#3,017 (6)#1,898 (9)
2020#1,946 (74)#1,935 (11)#2,197 (7)
2019#1,954 (75)#2,728 (7)#2,756 (5)
2018#2,189 (63)#2,693 (7)#2,740 (5)
2017#1,707 (92)#2,324 (9)#2,010 (8)
2016#1,774 (86)——
2015#1,955 (74)#2,319 (9)#2,139 (7)
2014#2,098 (66)#2,690 (7)—
2013#2,250 (57)#4,685 (3)#1,926 (8)
2012#2,551 (48)#2,721 (7)—
2011#3,000 (38)#4,647 (3)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #1,707.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1913.

How common is it?

about 1 in 28,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 28,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Flint is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 26,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 21,000 to 1 in 32,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Flint by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #949INOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Flint (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
FlintCanadaBoys—too few
FlintEngland & WalesBoys#2,01412
FlintNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
FlintUSBoys#2,28461