Lynne
Lynne is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. Its best rank was 144th, in 1951.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19602,458 births
- Best rank
- #144in 1951
- Since 1907
- 61,952people given the name
The story in the numbers
61,952 girls have been named Lynne in the United States since 1907, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1960, with 2,458 births — 0.12% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 6 births in 2024, against 2,458 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1956, and the 1950s alone account for 36%. It has spent 53 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Lynne | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 26 | |
| 1910s | 172 | |
| 1920s | 287 | |
| 1930s | 2,552 | |
| 1940s | 14,236 | |
| 1950s | 22,194 | |
| 1960s | 16,907 | |
| 1970s | 3,341 | |
| 1980s | 1,388 | |
| 1990s | 463 | |
| 2000s | 219 | |
| 2010s | 123 | |
| 2020s | 44 |
In 1960, its biggest year
Lynne was the 164th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1960 were Mary, Susan, Linda, Karen and Donna. See all of 1960.
Names that rose and fell with Lynne
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Conniepeak 1955
- Dianepeak 1955
- Franpeak 1960
- Sherrilpeak 1953
- Lynpeak 1957
- Karanpeak 1956
- Pameliapeak 1954
- Dremapeak 1959
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.