Unisex name · since 1880
Linnie
Linnie has 7,997 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1921 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,913 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,491 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,997
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Yes -- Linnie is the #7491 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 7,997 recorded since 1880.
Linnie has 7,997 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7491 as of the latest data, more common than 57% of girls, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #1,913 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,491 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 7,997 born since 1880
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Linnie ranks #1,913 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,491 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 7,997 born since 1880, peaking in the 1910s.
- #1,913 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,491 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,997
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Linnie's 7,997 recorded births place it above 97.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
18 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Linnie compares
7,997 Top 11% higher than 89% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Linnie's all-time total is 21x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Linnie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 7,997 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 180 | 21 | 19,840 |
Linnie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Linnie splits its recorded history at 1944: 19% of all births land in the more recent half, 81% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1921 peak of 180 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Linnie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1921)
- 180
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Linnie popularity over time - boys
712 total births recorded since 1890 (Linnie as boys' name)
Linnie by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (1,399 births, 17% of the file).
1910s was Linnie's strongest decade.
1,399 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 17% of all-time use.
Linnie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
696 births
- 1890s
1890s
875 births
- 1900s
1900s
924 births
- 1910s
1910s
1,399 births
- 1920s
1920s
1,388 births
- 1930s
1930s
918 births
- 1940s
1940s
719 births
- 1950s 488
1950s
488 births
- 1960s 240
1960s
240 births
- 1970s 128
1970s
128 births
- 1980s 65
1980s
65 births
- 1990s 25
1990s
25 births
- 2000s 15
2000s
15 births
- 2010s 37
2010s
37 births
- 2020s 80
2020s
80 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 1,399 births (17% of all-time use).
How Linnie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Linnie's total volume
Linnie by state
Where Linnie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 666 | 8.3% |
| #2 | Mississippi | | 487 | 6.1% |
| #3 | Alabama | | 411 | 5.1% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 408 | 5.1% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 298 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Arkansas | | 285 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Kentucky | | 174 | 2.2% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 157 | 2.0% |
666 of 7,997 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Linnie appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Linnie's data
- Linnie's decade-level peak was the 1910s (1,399 total births); usage has since declined to 80 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Linnies (666 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Linnie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Linnie 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.