Linnell — unisex name

What the Data Says About Linnell

The Social Security Administration has registered 86 babies named Linnell between 1911 and 1995, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Linnell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1948, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Linnell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 59 additional births since 1946.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Linnell performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Linnell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Linnell in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 86 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.