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

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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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201943peak #144, 1951girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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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—
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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 1943

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Lynne, so not publishedAKMaine: #206 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,540 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Lynne, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #133 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 768 girlsNHWashington: #112 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 546 girlsWAIdaho: #113 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 502 girlsIDMontana: #168 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 853 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lynne, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #111 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 762 girlsMNIllinois: #106 for girls · 127 births · 1 in 552 girlsILWisconsin: #89 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 513 girlsWIMichigan: #103 for girls · 102 births · 1 in 553 girlsMINew York: #127 for girls · 178 births · 1 in 643 girlsNYMassachusetts: #124 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 844 girlsMARhode Island: #114 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 558 girlsRIOregon: #150 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 807 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Lynne, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Lynne, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #170 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 998 girlsSDIowa: #141 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 943 girlsIAIndiana: #215 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,914 girlsINOhio: #145 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 928 girlsOHPennsylvania: #147 for girls · 105 births · 1 in 859 girlsPANew Jersey: #106 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 532 girlsNJConnecticut: #114 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 654 girlsCTCalifornia: #120 for girls · 139 births · 1 in 561 girlsCAUtah: #85 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 345 girlsUTColorado: #165 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 871 girlsCONebraska: #202 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,452 girlsNEMissouri: #295 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,742 girlsMOKentucky: #416 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,827 girlsKYWest Virginia: #286 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,434 girlsWVVirginia: #350 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,790 girlsVAMaryland: #217 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,572 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Lynne, so not publishedDEArizona: #252 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,300 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Lynne, so not publishedNMKansas: #321 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,944 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lynne, so not publishedARTennessee: #374 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,012 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Lynne, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #437 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,988 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #125 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 689 girlsDCOklahoma: #293 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,135 girlsOKLouisiana: #263 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,527 girlsLAMississippi: #436 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,180 girlsMSAlabama: #453 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,666 girlsALGeorgia: #390 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,060 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Lynne, so not publishedHITexas: #372 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 2,655 girlsTXFlorida: #269 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,736 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#85 · 1 in 345
  2. Wisconsin#89 · 1 in 513
  3. Michigan#103 · 1 in 553
  4. New Jersey#106 · 1 in 532
  5. Illinois#106 · 1 in 552

Best ever in a state: #31 in Hawaii, 1953.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#85201 in 345
Wisconsin#89551 in 513
Michigan#1031021 in 553
Illinois#1061271 in 552
New Jersey#106681 in 532
Minnesota#111331 in 762
Washington#112341 in 546
Idaho#11391 in 502
Connecticut#114251 in 654
Rhode Island#114111 in 558
California#1201391 in 561
Massachusetts#124461 in 844
District of Columbia#125141 in 689
New York#1271781 in 643
New Hampshire#13351 in 768
Iowa#141221 in 943
Ohio#145701 in 928
Pennsylvania#1471051 in 859
Oregon#150131 in 807
Colorado#165121 in 871
Montana#16851 in 853
South Dakota#17051 in 998
Nebraska#20271 in 1,452
Maine#20651 in 1,540
Indiana#215171 in 1,914
Maryland#217121 in 1,572
Arizona#25251 in 1,300
Louisiana#263181 in 1,527
Florida#269121 in 1,736
West Virginia#28681 in 2,434
Oklahoma#293101 in 2,135
Missouri#295121 in 2,742
Kansas#32151 in 2,944
Virginia#35081 in 3,790
Texas#372281 in 2,655
Tennessee#37481 in 4,012
Georgia#39091 in 4,060
Kentucky#41661 in 4,827
Mississippi#43661 in 4,180
South Carolina#43751 in 4,988
Alabama#45361 in 5,666
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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.

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 1943

girls
#178
1,311 births · 1 in 1,064 girls
boys
#1,699
18 births · 1 in 79,294 boys

Top girls' names in 1943

  1. #1Mary66,174
  2. #2Barbara43,432
  3. #3Patricia39,620
  4. #4Linda38,439
  5. #5Carol31,686
  6. #6Sandra25,990
  7. #7Judith25,214
  8. #8Sharon24,712
  9. #9Nancy23,988
  10. #10Betty21,596
  11. #178Lynne1,311

Top boys' names in 1943

  1. #1James80,278
  2. #2Robert74,892
  3. #3John68,929
  4. #4William55,904
  5. #5Richard46,339
  6. #6David37,240
  7. #7Charles36,632
  8. #8Thomas32,874
  9. #9Ronald29,239
  10. #10Michael24,745
  11. #1,699Lynne18
More about 1943

girls

1,395,293 girls got a published name in 1943; 1 in 1,064 of them was named Lynne, which outranked 96.7% of the 5,367 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lynne
  1. #174Emily1,336
  2. #176Lucy1,317
  3. #177Jessie1,313
  4. #178Lynne1,311
  5. #179Vicki1,310
  6. #180Vera1,266
  7. #181Elsie1,245
Biggest movers since 1942
Risers
  1. ↑ 878Tana#1,559 → #681
  2. ↑ 754Rozanne#1,706 → #952
  3. ↑ 722Cheryle#1,592 → #870
  4. ↑ 596Tena#1,592 → #996
  5. ↑ 525Alexis#1,349 → #824
Fallers
  1. ↓ 594Florida#997 → #1,591
  2. ↓ 467Jerilynn#581 → #1,048
  3. ↓ 364Lorelei#864 → #1,228
  4. ↓ 308Kaaren#536 → #844
  5. ↓ 305Erna#864 → #1,169

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

boys

1,427,297 boys got a published name in 1943; 1 in 79,294 of them was named Lynne, which outranked 57.9% of the 4,040 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lynne
  1. #1,636Windle19
  2. #1,636Winthrop19
  3. #1,636Young19
  4. #1,699Lynne18
  5. #1,699Adell18
  6. #1,699Baldemar18
  7. #1,699Bonifacio18
  8. #1,764Albino17
  9. #1,764Alvino17
  10. #1,764Apolonio17

Tied with 64 names at #1,699; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1942
Risers
  1. ↑ 514Derek#1,228 → #714
  2. ↑ 465Armond#1,421 → #956
  3. ↑ 368Les#1,214 → #846
  4. ↑ 347Aron#1,244 → #897
  5. ↑ 321Edsel#1,167 → #846
Fallers
  1. ↓ 500Humberto#780 → #1,280
  2. ↓ 352Chauncey#928 → #1,280
  3. ↓ 352Clearence#991 → #1,343
  4. ↓ 344Macarthur#512 → #856
  5. ↓ 325Reyes#933 → #1,258

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

See the top 100 for 1943 →