Given name & surname
Flint
“resembling the hard quartz; from the stream”
Flint is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “resembling the hard quartz; from the stream.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “resembling the hard quartz; from the stream.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Flint through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,601
- 2,601 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1959
- 100 babies
- 2025
- 61
- #2,293 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −11%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 61 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,293 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 11.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 100 in 1959. In 2025, Indiana had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,825 as a first name in 2020; 14,382 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Flint’s family of names
Flint has a related form in Flintt. Flint has a related form in Flynt. Flint has a related form in Flyntt.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Appears in
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