Lynette
#2,607 for girls in 2025, 66 births · Last seen for boys in 1976 at #5,587
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1965 · 1,413 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 43,392since 1897
Lynette over time
Rank among girls' names. Lynette has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | #2,607 | 66 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,722 | 63 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,555 | 69 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,689 | 64 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,510 | 70 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,277 | 78 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,593 | 67 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,647 | 65 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,546 | 69 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,168 | 89 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,039 | 96 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,371 | 77 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,096 | 91 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,929 | 102 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,103 | 91 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,897 | 106 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,756 | 124 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,740 | 127 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,908 | 108 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,809 | 113 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,547 | 132 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,573 | 125 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,486 | 131 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,683 | 109 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,444 | 130 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,456 | 126 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,341 | 132 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,481 | 115 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,187 | 153 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,246 | 140 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,063 | 168 | — | |
| 1994 | #994 | 186 | — | |
| 1993 | #989 | 187 | — | |
| 1992 | #832 | 240 | — | |
| 1991 | #934 | 205 | — | |
| 1990 | #822 | 238 | — | |
| 1989 | #675 | 302 | — | |
| 1988 | #692 | 277 | — | |
| 1987 | #603 | 323 | — | |
| 1986 | #600 | 322 | — | |
| 1985 | #601 | 316 | — | |
| 1984 | #552 | 342 | — | |
| 1983 | #479 | 411 | — | |
| 1982 | #510 | 393 | — | |
| 1981 | #498 | 410 | — | |
| 1980 | #485 | 433 | — | |
| 1979 | #414 | 511 | — | |
| 1978 | #436 | 458 | — | |
| 1977 | #390 | 538 | — | |
| 1976 | #362 | 580 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #350 | 619 | — | |
| 1974 | #349 | 621 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #315 | 733 | — | |
| 1972 | #268 | 983 | — | |
| 1971 | #268 | 1,079 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #264 | 1,157 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #250 | 1,177 | — | |
| 1968 | #229 | 1,286 | — | |
| 1967 | #228 | 1,295 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #225 | 1,331 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #225 | 1,413 | — | |
| 1964 | #242 | 1,309 | — | |
| 1963 | #251 | 1,250 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #258 | 1,208 | — | |
| 1961 | #246 | 1,269 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #253 | 1,213 | — | |
| 1959 | #263 | 1,127 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #262 | 1,113 | — | |
| 1957 | #270 | 1,035 | — | |
| 1956 | #248 | 1,137 | — | |
| 1955 | #251 | 1,091 | — | |
| 1954 | #252 | 1,065 | — | |
| 1953 | #258 | 990 | — | |
| 1952 | #268 | 889 | — | |
| 1951 | #264 | 870 | — | |
| 1950 | #269 | 811 | — | |
| 1949 | #280 | 745 | — | |
| 1948 | #312 | 608 | — | |
| 1947 | #330 | 574 | — | |
| 1946 | #354 | 457 | — | |
| 1945 | #337 | 407 | — | |
| 1944 | #449 | 261 | — | |
| 1943 | #449 | 276 | — | |
| 1942 | #472 | 243 | — | |
| 1941 | #496 | 197 | — | |
| 1940 | #582 | 145 | — | |
| 1939 | #575 | 136 | — | |
| 1938 | #633 | 118 | — | |
| 1937 | #670 | 103 | — | |
| 1936 | #652 | 102 | — | |
| 1935 | #729 | 85 | — | |
| 1934 | #811 | 69 | — | |
| 1933 | #769 | 73 | — | |
| 1932 | #830 | 68 | — | |
| 1931 | #959 | 52 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,101 | 45 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,078 | 46 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,191 | 41 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,108 | 47 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,054 | 50 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,176 | 43 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,046 | 55 | — | |
| 1923 | #953 | 60 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,232 | 40 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,298 | 36 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,255 | 37 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,270 | 36 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,380 | 31 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,605 | 23 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,805 | 19 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,258 | 31 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,385 | 21 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,007 | 19 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 | — | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Lynette! It came in at #1,385, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1898–1901, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Lynette is popular in 1974
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Dakota#89 · 1 in 353
- Nevada#116 · 1 in 419
- Alaska#120 · 1 in 381
- South Dakota#153 · 1 in 563
- New Mexico#173 · 1 in 646
Best ever in a state: #42 in Hawaii, 1953.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #89 | 11 | 1 in 353 |
| Nevada | #116 | 6 | 1 in 419 |
| Alaska | #120 | 5 | 1 in 381 |
| South Dakota | #153 | 7 | 1 in 563 |
| New Mexico | #173 | 12 | 1 in 646 |
| Montana | #197 | 5 | 1 in 812 |
| Utah | #203 | 12 | 1 in 976 |
| Idaho | #217 | 6 | 1 in 871 |
| Colorado | #230 | 14 | 1 in 1,120 |
| Maryland | #232 | 16 | 1 in 1,159 |
| Iowa | #238 | 12 | 1 in 1,403 |
| Nebraska | #249 | 7 | 1 in 1,346 |
| Kansas | #253 | 9 | 1 in 1,338 |
| Michigan | #263 | 37 | 1 in 1,541 |
| Wisconsin | #276 | 14 | 1 in 1,962 |
| Minnesota | #285 | 12 | 1 in 1,983 |
| Illinois | #295 | 40 | 1 in 1,743 |
| Pennsylvania | #315 | 33 | 1 in 2,026 |
| Louisiana | #316 | 16 | 1 in 1,552 |
| Arizona | #334 | 9 | 1 in 1,707 |
| Virginia | #343 | 12 | 1 in 2,313 |
| North Carolina | #346 | 14 | 1 in 2,417 |
| Ohio | #349 | 27 | 1 in 2,597 |
| Oregon | #350 | 6 | 1 in 2,174 |
| New York | #353 | 48 | 1 in 2,149 |
| Connecticut | #365 | 6 | 1 in 2,373 |
| Missouri | #371 | 11 | 1 in 2,697 |
| Florida | #382 | 19 | 1 in 2,300 |
| Kentucky | #383 | 8 | 1 in 2,847 |
| Oklahoma | #385 | 7 | 1 in 2,262 |
| California | #386 | 62 | 1 in 2,204 |
| New Jersey | #386 | 14 | 1 in 2,686 |
| South Carolina | #389 | 7 | 1 in 2,507 |
| Texas | #391 | 42 | 1 in 2,272 |
| Arkansas | #404 | 5 | 1 in 2,562 |
| Indiana | #406 | 11 | 1 in 3,173 |
| Washington | #458 | 6 | 1 in 3,274 |
| Massachusetts | #513 | 6 | 1 in 5,098 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Tennessee | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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.
See more about Lynette
- 115 spots since 2024 (#2,722 → #2,607)
- 330 spots since 2020 (#2,277 → #2,607)
- 568 spots since 2015 (#2,039 → #2,607)
- Biggest jump: 279 spots in 1923 (#1,232 → #953)
- Biggest drop: 157 spots in 1993 (#832 → #989)
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 1965 at #225 (1,413 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1931–1994
- Highest: 1 in 1,249 girls born in 1965 were named Lynette (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 24,353 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 29.4% of all girls named Lynette (12,751) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #1,385 (1897) | #1,385 |
| 1900s | 20 | #1,438 (1902) | #1,690 |
| 1910s | 208 | #1,007 (1911) | #1,535 |
| 1920s | 455 | #953 (1923) | #1,139 |
| 1930s | 851 | #575 (1939) | #773 |
| 1940s | 3,913 | #280 (1949) | #406 |
| 1950s | 10,128 | #248 (1956) | #261 |
| 1960s | 12,751 | #225 (1965) | #241 |
| 1970s | 7,279 | #264 (1970) | #342 |
| 1980s | 3,529 | #479 (1983) | #570 |
| 1990s | 1,764 | #822 (1990) | #1,089 |
| 2000s | 1,225 | #1,444 (2001) | #1,640 |
| 2010s | 853 | #1,897 (2010) | #2,239 |
| 2020s | 410 | #2,277 (2020) | #2,560 |
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.
Lynette in 1974
Top girls' names in 1974
Top boys' names in 1974
More about 1974
girls
1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 2,363 of them was named Lynette, which outranked 96.6% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 262,056 of them was named Lynette, which outranked 22.8% of the 6,004 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,190Zavier7
- #4,190Zebulon7
- #4,190Zoltan7
- #4,634Lynette6
- #4,634Aamir6
- #4,634Aashish6
- #4,634Abayomi6
- #5,227Adante5
- #5,227Adaryl5
- #5,227Adedayo5
Tied with 592 names at #4,634; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.