Lynx was the #2,798 boys' name in the US in 2025 (45 babies).
Lynx as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Canada
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
Canada
2025
#2,798 (45)
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2024
#2,261 (63)
#3,689 (5)
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2023
#2,441 (55)
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#2,123 (8)
2022
#2,563 (53)
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#2,493 (6)
2021
#3,497 (32)
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2020
#3,918 (26)
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#2,431 (6)
2019
#3,636 (30)
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#2,189 (7)
2018
#4,226 (24)
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2017
#4,935 (19)
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2016
#6,726 (12)
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2015
#6,676 (12)
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2014
#10,717 (6)
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2013
#7,537 (10)
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2012
#8,158 (9)
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2011
#12,287 (5)
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Lynx as a girl’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2024
#11,122 (8)
2023
#6,922 (16)
2022
#9,680 (10)
2021
#11,146 (8)
2020
#13,453 (6)
2019
#13,799 (6)
2018
#13,793 (6)
2015
#16,419 (5)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 2024 at #2,261.
Rising over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 2008.
In 2024, 11% of US babies named Lynx were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 38,000 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.
Next year
On its recent trend, Lynx is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 27,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 16,000 to 1 in 46,000.