Unisex name · since 1911
Linnell
Linnell has 86 recorded births since 1911 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1948 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,844 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 86
- born since 1911
- 1950s
- peak decade
Linnell is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 86 have been recorded since 1911.
Linnell has 86 recorded births among girls since 1911, 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 1911 to 1995.
- #28,844 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 86 born since 1911
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Linnell ranks #28,844 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 86 born since 1911, peaking in the 1950s.
- #28,844 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 86
- born since 1911
- 1950s
- peak decade
Linnell's 86 recorded births place it above 60.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Linnell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Linnell's full recorded timeline at 1953, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1911, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1948 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Linnell popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1911–1995
- Peak year (1948)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 85 years of records
Linnell popularity over time - boys
59 total births recorded since 1946 (Linnell as boys' name)
Linnell by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (40 births, 47% of the file).
1950s was Linnell's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Linnell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
29 births
- 1950s
1950s
40 births
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 40 births (47% of all-time use).
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What to do with Linnell's data
- Linnell's decade-level peak was the 1950s (40 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Linnell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1948)
Similar record span (~84 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, 1911–1995 (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 Linnell 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.