Girls' name · since 1945
Linnae
Linnae has 295 recorded births since 1945 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1955 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,046 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 295
- born since 1945
- 1950s
- peak decade
295 girls have been named Linnae since 1945, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Linnae has 295 recorded births among girls since 1945, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1945 to 2013.
- #16,046 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 295 born since 1945
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Linnae ranks #16,046 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 295 born since 1945, peaking in the 1950s.
- #16,046 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 295
- born since 1945
- 1950s
- peak decade
Linnae's 295 recorded births place it above 77.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Minnesota.
Linnae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Linnae's full recorded timeline at 1975, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1945, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1955 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Linnae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–2013
- Peak year (1955)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 69 years of records
Linnae by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (71 births, 24% of the file).
1950s was Linnae's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Linnae births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 17
1940s
17 births
- 1950s
1950s
71 births
- 1960s
1960s
71 births
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
- 1980s
1980s
42 births
- 1990s
1990s
41 births
- 2000s
2000s
33 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 71 births (24% of all-time use).
Linnae by state
Where Linnae concentrates geographically, total births since 1945
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 11 | 3.7% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 1.7% |
11 of 295 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Linnae's data
- Linnae's decade-level peak was the 1950s (71 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Minnesota records the most Linnaes (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Minnesota names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Linnae: 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 (~68 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, 1945–2013 (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 Linnae 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.