How Many People Are Named Flint?
An estimated 2,304 people in the United States have the first name Flint. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 32 years old, and Flint peaked in popularity in 1959 with 100 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Flint as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Flint paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
2,304
About 1 in 148,765 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
32
years old
Peak Year
1959
100 births
Total Registered
2,539
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Flint
Flint is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 2,539 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Flint as a male name
Ranked #1,970 in 2024
79 male births in 2024
Peak: 1959 (100 births)
Flint: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Flint span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 622 babies were registered. While Flint is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Flint by Decade
How has Flint tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Flint by State
Birth registrations for Flint span all 19 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, Georgia. The lowest are in Virginia, Oregon, New York. On average, about 22 Flints were registered per state.
Flint + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Flint as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Flint
Other first names starting with F with a similar number of bearers.
Flint: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Flint?
We estimate approximately 2,304 people named Flint are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 148,765 Americans share this first name.
Is Flint a common name?
Flint is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 94.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 2,539 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Flint most popular?
Flint reached peak popularity in 1959, when 100 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Flint is approximately 32 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Flint a male name?
Flint is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Flint Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Flint Smith, Flint Johnson, Flint Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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