Lynette
Lynette is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 63 births. Its best rank was 225th, in 1965–1966.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 630.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19651,412 births
- Best rank
- #225first in 1965
- Since 1897
- 43,326people given the name
The story in the numbers
43,326 girls have been named Lynette in the United States since 1897, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1965, with 1,412 births.
The name has all but left use: 63 births in 2024, against 1,412 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1964, and the 1960s alone account for 29%. It has spent 65 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Lynette | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | |
| 1900s | 20 | |
| 1910s | 208 | |
| 1920s | 455 | |
| 1930s | 851 | |
| 1940s | 3,913 | |
| 1950s | 10,128 | |
| 1960s | 12,751 | |
| 1970s | 7,279 | |
| 1980s | 3,529 | |
| 1990s | 1,764 | |
| 2000s | 1,225 | |
| 2010s | 853 | |
| 2020s | 344 |
In 1965, its biggest year
Lynette was the 225th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1965 were Lisa, Mary, Karen, Kimberly and Susan. See all of 1965.
Names that rose and fell with Lynette
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lynnettepeak 1964
- Jerripeak 1957
- Lenettepeak 1960
- Karinpeak 1970
- Wendolynpeak 1966
- Londapeak 1960
- Carlapeak 1962
- Cheripeak 1960
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.