Girls' name · since 1949
Linetta
114 babies named Linetta in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1955. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,708 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 114
- born since 1949
- 1960s
- peak decade
Linetta is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 114 have been recorded since 1949.
Social Security Administration records show Linetta recorded 114 times among girls since 1949, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1960s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 1979.
- #25,708 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 114 born since 1949
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Linetta ranks #25,708 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 114 born since 1949, peaking in the 1960s.
- #25,708 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 114
- born since 1949
- 1960s
- peak decade
Linetta's 114 recorded births place it above 64.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Linetta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Linetta's full recorded timeline at 1965, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1956, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1955 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Linetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–1979
- Peak year (1955)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Linetta by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (46 births, 40% of the file).
1960s was Linetta's strongest decade.
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Linetta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s
1950s
28 births
- 1960s
1960s
46 births
- 1970s
1970s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 46 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Linetta's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (46 total births) through the 1970s (34) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Linetta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1955)
Similar record span (~30 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1949–1979 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Linetta draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.