Linnea
#1,443 for girls in 2025, 149 births
- Peak · girls
- 1945 · 101 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,944since 1894
Linnea over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Linnea has never cracked the top 700 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,443 | 149 |
| 2024 | #1,598 | 131 |
| 2023 | #1,465 | 150 |
| 2022 | #1,560 | 136 |
| 2021 | #1,554 | 135 |
| 2020 | #1,649 | 125 |
| 2019 | #1,668 | 126 |
| 2018 | #1,435 | 154 |
| 2017 | #1,460 | 154 |
| 2016 | #1,446 | 159 |
| 2015 | #1,337 | 177 |
| 2014 | #1,446 | 157 |
| 2013 | #1,413 | 161 |
| 2012 | #1,510 | 147 |
| 2011 | #1,646 | 130 |
| 2010 | #1,521 | 147 |
| 2009 | #1,602 | 140 |
| 2008 | #1,547 | 149 |
| 2007 | #1,579 | 143 |
| 2006 | #1,415 | 160 |
| 2005 | #1,513 | 137 |
| 2004 | #1,533 | 130 |
| 2003 | #1,390 | 143 |
| 2002 | #1,500 | 126 |
| 2001 | #1,700 | 106 |
| 2000 | #1,481 | 124 |
| 1999 | #1,476 | 117 |
| 1998 | #1,363 | 127 |
| 1997 | #1,419 | 117 |
| 1996 | #1,368 | 123 |
| 1995 | #1,439 | 112 |
| 1994 | #1,368 | 121 |
| 1993 | #1,385 | 118 |
| 1992 | #1,329 | 126 |
| 1991 | #1,335 | 123 |
| 1990 | #1,372 | 115 |
| 1989 | #1,540 | 92 |
| 1988 | #1,420 | 98 |
| 1987 | #1,531 | 83 |
| 1986 | #1,327 | 99 |
| 1985 | #1,445 | 86 |
| 1984 | #1,446 | 80 |
| 1983 | #1,328 | 90 |
| 1982 | #1,210 | 111 |
| 1981 | #1,158 | 115 |
| 1980 | #1,460 | 83 |
| 1979 | #1,364 | 90 |
| 1978 | #1,358 | 87 |
| 1977 | #1,483 | 74 |
| 1976 | #1,433 | 73 |
| 1975 | #1,342 | 80 |
| 1974 | #1,772 | 50 |
| 1973 | #1,548 | 60 |
| 1972 | #1,804 | 47 |
| 1971 | #1,364 | 78 |
| 1970 | #1,570 | 61 |
| 1969 | #1,499 | 62 |
| 1968 | #1,519 | 56 |
| 1967 | #1,559 | 52 |
| 1966 | #1,368 | 64 |
| 1965 | #1,274 | 71 |
| 1964 | #1,246 | 78 |
| 1963 | #1,330 | 69 |
| 1962 | #1,224 | 81 |
| 1961 | #1,288 | 74 |
| 1960 | #1,266 | 75 |
| 1959 | #1,174 | 82 |
| 1958 | #1,189 | 80 |
| 1957 | #1,083 | 93 |
| 1956 | #1,043 | 96 |
| 1955 | #984 | 103 |
| 1954 | #945 | 104 |
| 1953 | #906 | 107 |
| 1952 | #906 | 104 |
| 1951 | #840 | 113 |
| 1950 | #850 | 108 |
| 1949 | #858 | 105 |
| 1948 | #863 | 102 |
| 1947 | #885 | 99 |
| 1946 | #802 | 106 |
| 1945 | #741 | 101 |
| 1944 | #918 | 70 |
| 1943 | #838 | 86 |
| 1942 | #987 | 63 |
| 1941 | #1,117 | 44 |
| 1940 | #1,062 | 46 |
| 1939 | #1,194 | 37 |
| 1938 | #1,268 | 33 |
| 1937 | #1,679 | 21 |
| 1936 | #1,691 | 20 |
| 1935 | #1,418 | 27 |
| 1934 | #1,913 | 17 |
| 1933 | #1,470 | 25 |
| 1932 | #1,817 | 19 |
| 1931 | #1,750 | 20 |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 |
| 1929 | #2,011 | 17 |
| 1928 | #2,194 | 16 |
| 1927 | #1,771 | 23 |
| 1926 | #1,997 | 19 |
| 1925 | #2,283 | 16 |
| 1924 | #1,723 | 25 |
| 1923 | #1,736 | 24 |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 |
| 1921 | #1,723 | 25 |
| 1920 | #1,708 | 24 |
| 1919 | #1,133 | 42 |
| 1918 | #989 | 53 |
| 1917 | #1,079 | 43 |
| 1916 | #1,005 | 47 |
| 1915 | #1,075 | 39 |
| 1914 | #1,147 | 28 |
| 1913 | #810 | 42 |
| 1912 | #846 | 35 |
| 1911 | #1,113 | 16 |
| 1910 | #1,171 | 15 |
| 1909 | #990 | 17 |
| 1908 | #1,203 | 12 |
| 1907 | #1,206 | 11 |
| 1906 | #1,229 | 10 |
| 1905 | #1,093 | 12 |
| 1904 | #965 | 14 |
| 1903 | #969 | 13 |
| 1902 | #1,219 | 9 |
| 1901 | #1,067 | 10 |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 |
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First appearance
1894
The first year at least five girls were named Linnea! It came in at #1,485, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1894–1897, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Linnea is popular in 1998
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Minnesota#356 · 1 in 2,106
- Massachusetts#593 · 1 in 4,558
- Illinois#627 · 1 in 4,142
- Colorado#653 · 1 in 3,710
- Michigan#752 · 1 in 5,724
Best ever in a state: #157 in Maryland, 1982.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #356 | 12 | 1 in 2,106 |
| Massachusetts | #593 | 7 | 1 in 4,558 |
| Illinois | #627 | 17 | 1 in 4,142 |
| Colorado | #653 | 6 | 1 in 3,710 |
| Michigan | #752 | 9 | 1 in 5,724 |
| Washington | #857 | 5 | 1 in 5,846 |
| California | #1,274 | 19 | 1 in 11,632 |
| New York | #1,559 | 7 | 1 in 14,388 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 155 spots since 2024 (#1,598 → #1,443)
- 206 spots since 2020 (#1,649 → #1,443)
- 106 spots since 2015 (#1,337 → #1,443)
- Biggest jump: 267 spots in 1912 (#1,113 → #846)
- Biggest drop: 337 spots in 1914 (#810 → #1,147)
Rise & fade · girls
51 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1894
- Peaked 1945 at #741 (101 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 27 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1942–1955
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,085
- Highest: 1 in 10,085 girls born in 2015 were named Linnea (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,787 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #741 in 1945, was only 1 in 12,941 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 15.2% of all girls named Linnea (1,512) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 12 | #1,379 (1898) | #1,432 |
| 1900s | 116 | #965 (1904) | #1,137 |
| 1910s | 360 | #810 (1913) | #1,037 |
| 1920s | 198 | #1,708 (1920) | #2,053 |
| 1930s | 232 | #1,194 (1939) | #1,663 |
| 1940s | 822 | #741 (1945) | #907 |
| 1950s | 990 | #840 (1951) | #992 |
| 1960s | 682 | #1,224 (1962) | #1,357 |
| 1970s | 700 | #1,342 (1975) | #1,504 |
| 1980s | 937 | #1,158 (1981) | #1,387 |
| 1990s | 1,199 | #1,329 (1992) | #1,385 |
| 2000s | 1,358 | #1,390 (2003) | #1,526 |
| 2010s | 1,512 | #1,337 (2015) | #1,488 |
| 2020s | 826 | #1,443 (2025) | #1,545 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Linnea in 1998
girls
#1,363
127 births · 1 in 13,913 girls
Top girls' names in 1998
More about 1998
girls
1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 13,913 of them was named Linnea, which outranked 91.8% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).