Linnetta — girls' name
15 babies named Linnetta in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 1948. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
15 girls have been named Linnetta since 1948, peaking in the 1940s, last recorded in 1970.
- 15
- total births
- 1948–1970
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 33%
- born in that decade
33% of everyone ever named Linnetta was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Linnetta in 1948 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Linnetta
The Social Security Administration has registered 15 babies named Linnetta between 1948 and 1970, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Linnetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1970. The name reached its historical peak in 1948, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Linnetta performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Linnetta shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Linnetta 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 15 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.
Linnetta at a glance
Last recorded 1970Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Linnetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–1948
- Peak year (1948)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1970.
15 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1948 with 5 births in a single year.
Linnetta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 5 births that decade — 33% of Linnetta's all-time total
Linnetta decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Linnetta's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1948–1970 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.