Lynx — #2275 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Lynx

The Social Security Administration has registered 363 babies named Lynx between 2008 and 2024, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lynx currently holds the #2275 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 63 babies received it in a single year. Lynx is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 65 additional births since 2015.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lynx performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 229 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Lynx shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Indiana and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Lynx in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lynx in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 363 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.