Lynell
- Last seen for girls in 2008 at #15,405
- Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
- Given to girls 70.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1971 · 89 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,961since 1914
Lynell over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #10,803 | 6 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #9,696 | 7 | |
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | #8,040 | 9 | |
| 2014 | — | #9,642 | 7 | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | #10,770 | 6 | |
| 2011 | — | #10,808 | 6 | |
| 2010 | — | #8,803 | 8 | |
| 2009 | — | #12,491 | 5 | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | #7,427 | 10 | |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #8,643 | 7 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | — | #5,187 | 11 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,280 | 14 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,968 | 7 | |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #4,020 | 15 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #3,920 | 15 |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 | #3,521 | 13 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 | #2,357 | 22 |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 | #2,912 | 15 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #3,625 | 22 | #2,898 | 15 |
| 1980 | #3,215 | 26 | #2,617 | 18 |
| 1979 | #3,236 | 25 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #3,512 | 21 | #3,215 | 12 |
| 1977 | #3,267 | 23 | #3,386 | 11 |
| 1976 | #3,678 | 18 | #2,826 | 14 |
| 1975 | #3,052 | 23 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | #2,757 | 26 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #2,171 | 36 | #2,716 | 13 |
| 1972 | #1,804 | 47 | #2,323 | 16 |
| 1971 | #1,244 | 89 | #2,558 | 14 |
| 1970 | #1,877 | 46 | #2,739 | 12 |
| 1969 | #2,396 | 29 | #2,046 | 17 |
| 1968 | #1,575 | 53 | #2,445 | 12 |
| 1967 | #1,821 | 41 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1966 | #1,827 | 39 | #2,043 | 15 |
| 1965 | #1,528 | 53 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #1,803 | 42 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1963 | #1,489 | 56 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1962 | #1,558 | 52 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #1,742 | 43 | #2,148 | 15 |
| 1960 | #1,617 | 48 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1959 | #1,765 | 39 | #2,111 | 15 |
| 1958 | #1,481 | 52 | #1,724 | 21 |
| 1957 | #1,491 | 51 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #1,351 | 59 | #2,497 | 11 |
| 1955 | #1,516 | 45 | #2,302 | 12 |
| 1954 | #1,367 | 54 | #2,207 | 13 |
| 1953 | #1,586 | 38 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #1,386 | 49 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #1,396 | 45 | #2,367 | 11 |
| 1950 | #1,524 | 37 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1949 | #1,353 | 46 | #2,022 | 14 |
| 1948 | #1,669 | 31 | #2,608 | 9 |
| 1947 | #1,661 | 33 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #1,771 | 26 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #2,149 | 16 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #1,967 | 19 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #2,046 | 18 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,592 | 11 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #2,447 | 12 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #2,439 | 12 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | #2,540 | 11 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,235 | 14 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | — | |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | — | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | — | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | — | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | — | |
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | — | |
| 1918 | — | — | ||
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| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1914
The first year at least five girls were named Lynell! It came in at #3,618, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1914–1918, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Lynell is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Lynell in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
Rise & fade · girls
57 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1971 at #1,244 (89 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 18,695
- Highest: 1 in 18,695 girls born in 1971 were named Lynell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 315,156 girls born in 2008 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 23.9% of all girls named Lynell (469) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2009
- Mostly girls until 2008, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | #3,618 (1914) | #3,935 |
| 1920s | 57 | #3,350 (1923) | #3,993 |
| 1930s | 100 | #2,235 (1932) | #2,900 |
| 1940s | 222 | #1,353 (1949) | #2,085 |
| 1950s | 469 | #1,351 (1956) | #1,486 |
| 1960s | 456 | #1,489 (1963) | #1,736 |
| 1970s | 354 | #1,244 (1971) | #2,660 |
| 1980s | 168 | #3,215 (1980) | #4,836 |
| 1990s | 78 | #5,060 (1990) | #8,615 |
| 2000s | 46 | #9,351 (2001) | #13,497 |
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.
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