Lynne

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · Last seen for boys in 1969 at #3,314
Given to girls 99.3% of the time

Showing
Show data for
Peak · girls
1951 · 2,221 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
61,957
since 1907

Lynne over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lynne has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201907peak #144, 1951girls
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#13,2086—
2024#13,4776—
2023#8,48612—
2022#8,54212—
2021#13,4646—
2020#11,0908—
2019#8,59712—
2018#8,14613—
2017#8,29913—
2016#7,60215—
2015#10,14810—
2014#11,9318—
2013#9,03612—
2012#7,14417—
2011#11,1819—
2010#8,27114—
2009#6,81119—
2008#5,57425—
2007#10,12911—
2006#6,84018—
2005#7,89114—
2004#6,76817—
2003#4,80426—
2002#4,62126—
2001#3,70335—
2000#4,29128—
1999#3,18840—
1998#4,14227—
1997#4,23925—
1996#3,36134—
1995#2,73544—
1994#2,87741—
1993#2,82542—
1992#2,35155—
1991#1,87775—
1990#1,79680—
1989#1,60087—
1988#1,376103—
1987#1,257112—
1986#1,215114—
1985#1,193118—
1984#1,059132—
1983#902167—
1982#900168—
1981#875175—
1980#778212—
1979#778205—
1978#714221—
1977#692226—
1976#714205—
1975#684219—
1974#573279—
1973#496351—
1972#445424—
1971#395549—
1970#368662—
1969#317811#3,3148
1968#282945#3,3657
1967#2561,068#3,9665
1966#2461,172#2,62710
1965#2191,501#2,47611
1964#1931,893#2,40912
1963#1742,201#3,6466
1962#1642,458#3,0418
1961#1702,400#4,0655
1960#1642,458#2,31513
1959#1722,234#2,66310
1958#1762,135#2,8189
1957#1602,373#2,49411
1956#1562,369#2,7989
1955#1552,349#2,9648
1954#1572,267#2,7439
1953#1592,041#3,1437
1952#1502,265#3,0957
1951#1442,221#1,77418
1950#1521,940#2,5809
1949#1591,836#1,87216
1948#1661,682#2,44310
1947#1491,971#2,07614
1946#1531,764#1,81316
1945#1531,524#1,58118
1944#1741,226#1,52520
1943#1781,311#1,69918
1942#1801,235#1,86715
1941#200944#1,48521
1940#226742#1,89414
1939#236688#2,6098
1938#258598#2,4799
1937#309403#1,99213
1936#375286#3,1476
1935#482171—
1934#510159—
1933#68390—
1932#84667#2,46510
1931#93155#3,7635
1930#1,27435—
1929#1,59824—
1928#1,68024#3,6976
1927#1,33136—
1926#1,35734#2,9049
1925#1,32436#4,1975
1924#1,61228—
1923#1,35034#3,1758
1922#1,95720#3,8726
1921#2,04819#4,3225
1920#1,40732—
1919#1,52727#3,1158
1918#1,49728—
1917#1,50725—
1916#1,68921#3,5166
1915#1,67220—
1914#1,48019#3,2645
1913#1,88311—
1912#1,9819#2,5445
1911#2,1916—
1910#2,1406—
1909#1,4719—
1908#1,4399—
1907#1,5128—
1906——
1905——
1904——
1903——
1902——
1901——
1900——
1899——
1898——
1897——
1896——
1895——
1894——
1893——
1892——
1891——
1890——
1889——
1888——
1887——
1886——
1885——
1884——
1883——
1882——
1881——
1880——
First appearance
1907

The first year at least five girls were named Lynne! It came in at #1,512, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1907–1912, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.

Where Lynne is popular in 1907

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Lynne
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 269 spots since 2024 (#13,477 → #13,208)
  • 2,118 spots since 2020 (#11,090 → #13,208)
  • 3,060 spots since 2015 (#10,148 → #13,208)
  • Biggest jump: 343 spots in 1931 (#1,274 → #931)
  • Biggest drop: 157 spots in 1984 (#902 → #1,059)
Rise & fade · girls
44 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1907
  • Peaked 1951 at #144 (2,221 births)
  • Births halved by 1967, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 53 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1931–1983
Share of babies · girls
1 in 800
  • Highest: 1 in 800 girls born in 1962 were named Lynne (0.12%)
  • Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #144 in 1951, was only 1 in 811 (0.12%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 35.8% of all girls named Lynne (22,194) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s26#1,439 (1908)#1,474
1910s172#1,480 (1914)#1,757
1920s287#1,324 (1925)#1,566
1930s2,552#236 (1939)#590
1940s14,235#149 (1947)#174
1950s22,194#144 (1951)#158
1960s16,907#164 (1960)#219
1970s3,341#368 (1970)#586
1980s1,388#778 (1980)#1,116
1990s463#1,796 (1990)#2,939
2000s219#3,703 (2001)#6,143
2010s123#7,144 (2012)#9,036
2020s50#8,486 (2023)#11,378

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.

Lynne in 1907

girls
#1,512
8 births · 1 in 39,821 girls

Top girls' names in 1907

  1. #1Mary17,580
  2. #2Helen7,579
  3. #3Margaret6,713
  4. #4Anna5,575
  5. #5Ruth5,573
  6. #6Dorothy4,967
  7. #7Elizabeth4,624
  8. #8Mildred4,277
  9. #9Alice4,107
  10. #10Marie3,880
  11. #1,512Lynne8
More about 1907

girls

318,564 girls got a published name in 1907; 1 in 39,821 of them was named Lynne, which outranked 37.0% of the 2,399 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lynne
  1. #1,384Vita9
  2. #1,384Wava9
  3. #1,384Zetta9
  4. #1,512Lynne8
  5. #1,512Albie8
  6. #1,512Aldine8
  7. #1,512Alethia8
  8. #1,639Agness7
  9. #1,639Ailene7
  10. #1,639Aldea7

Tied with 126 names at #1,512; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1906
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,028Lota#1,951 → #923
  2. ↑ 1,028Tula#1,951 → #923
  3. ↑ 961Cleda#1,951 → #990
  4. ↑ 961Ingrid#1,951 → #990
  5. ↑ 961Santa#1,951 → #990
Fallers
  1. ↓ 926Macy#895 → #1,821
  2. ↓ 742Libbie#642 → #1,384
  3. ↓ 736Hertha#776 → #1,512
  4. ↓ 719Zadie#793 → #1,512
  5. ↓ 674Anabel#965 → #1,639

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1907 →