Linnie
Linnie was given to 14 girls in 2025, #7,713 among girls’ names; 8,709 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,820 Americans named Linnie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (21% of everyone recorded); the median is 72 years old and half are between 59 and 81.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Linnie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Linnie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Linnie is “a diminutive of the female given name Linda.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Linnie?
#7,713 among girls’ names, 2025
Linnie rose from #12,498 in 2015 to #7,713 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 4.5 to 8.7 per million.
191 babies in 1921, the peak
Linnie peaked in 1921, when 191 babies were given it (180 girls, #528 among girls’ names). The 14 births of 2025 are 7% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,713 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,807 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,558 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,598 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,769 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,922 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 10 | #10,172 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 8 | #12,049 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 6 | #15,178 | under 0.01 |
| 2015 | 8 | #12,498 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (128)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | #18,416 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 5 | #19,004 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 5 | #19,312 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 5 | #17,694 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 5 | #15,804 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,863 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 5 | #14,771 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 8 | #10,036 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 5 | #13,606 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,850 | under 0.01 |
| 1987 | 7 | #9,364 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 6 | #10,272 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 6 | #10,053 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,822 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,716 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,906 | under 0.01 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,807 | under 0.01 |
| 1980 | 5 | #11,359 | under 0.01 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,638 | under 0.01 |
| 1978 | 7 | #8,139 | under 0.01 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,712 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 16 | #4,069 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,350 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 9 | #6,025 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,393 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 20 | #3,233 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 20 | #3,321 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,511 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 18 | #3,265 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 18 | #3,117 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 17 | #3,152 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,337 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 25 | #2,437 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,619 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 34 | #2,041 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 33 | #2,051 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 30 | #2,180 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 36 | #1,909 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 45 | #1,629 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 36 | #1,836 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 46 | #1,601 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 39 | #1,707 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 38 | #1,680 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 47 | #1,475 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 54 | #1,322 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 67 | #1,168 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 58 | #1,219 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 58 | #1,217 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 72 | #1,060 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 64 | #1,119 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 70 | #1,061 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 55 | #1,157 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 64 | #974 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 79 | #860 | 0.06 |
| 1943 | 68 | #958 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 77 | #894 | 0.06 |
| 1941 | 85 | #784 | 0.07 |
| 1940 | 85 | #757 | 0.07 |
| 1939 | 73 | #807 | 0.07 |
| 1938 | 88 | #732 | 0.08 |
| 1937 | 85 | #737 | 0.08 |
| 1936 | 82 | #735 | 0.08 |
| 1935 | 105 | #637 | 0.10 |
| 1934 | 79 | #752 | 0.08 |
| 1933 | 96 | #667 | 0.10 |
| 1932 | 104 | #661 | 0.10 |
| 1931 | 97 | #679 | 0.09 |
| 1930 | 109 | #660 | 0.10 |
| 1929 | 87 | #754 | 0.08 |
| 1928 | 124 | #632 | 0.11 |
| 1927 | 121 | #656 | 0.10 |
| 1926 | 124 | #649 | 0.10 |
| 1925 | 172 | #548 | 0.14 |
| 1924 | 136 | #642 | 0.11 |
| 1923 | 126 | #663 | 0.10 |
| 1922 | 145 | #596 | 0.12 |
| 1921 | 180 | #528 | 0.15 |
| 1920 | 173 | #542 | 0.14 |
| 1919 | 152 | #560 | 0.13 |
| 1918 | 176 | #524 | 0.15 |
| 1917 | 167 | #517 | 0.15 |
| 1916 | 178 | #477 | 0.17 |
| 1915 | 179 | #460 | 0.18 |
| 1914 | 120 | #509 | 0.16 |
| 1913 | 135 | #425 | 0.22 |
| 1912 | 122 | #425 | 0.22 |
| 1911 | 85 | #440 | 0.20 |
| 1910 | 85 | #432 | 0.21 |
| 1909 | 94 | #384 | 0.27 |
| 1908 | 105 | #351 | 0.31 |
| 1907 | 84 | #388 | 0.26 |
| 1906 | 74 | #400 | 0.25 |
| 1905 | 114 | #316 | 0.39 |
| 1904 | 85 | #356 | 0.31 |
| 1903 | 85 | #344 | 0.32 |
| 1902 | 91 | #328 | 0.34 |
| 1901 | 79 | #344 | 0.33 |
| 1900 | 113 | #313 | 0.38 |
| 1899 | 69 | #355 | 0.30 |
| 1898 | 87 | #335 | 0.34 |
| 1897 | 98 | #289 | 0.42 |
| 1896 | 81 | #324 | 0.34 |
| 1895 | 96 | #291 | 0.41 |
| 1894 | 78 | #316 | 0.35 |
| 1893 | 100 | #268 | 0.47 |
| 1892 | 104 | #259 | 0.49 |
| 1891 | 79 | #280 | 0.43 |
| 1890 | 83 | #274 | 0.44 |
| 1889 | 93 | #242 | 0.52 |
| 1888 | 95 | #238 | 0.53 |
| 1887 | 82 | #236 | 0.56 |
| 1886 | 74 | #240 | 0.51 |
| 1885 | 55 | #268 | 0.41 |
| 1884 | 74 | #220 | 0.57 |
| 1883 | 76 | #194 | 0.68 |
| 1882 | 41 | #273 | 0.38 |
| 1881 | 65 | #189 | 0.71 |
| 1880 | 41 | #242 | 0.45 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Linnie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 8,709 Americans recorded as Linnie, 92% are girls and 8% boys. In 2025 it went to 14 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Linnie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Linnie, and how old are they?
1,820 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 21% of the 8,709 Americans ever recorded as Linnie. The median Linnie alive today is 72 years old; half are between 59 and 81.
The 2020 Census counted 1,933 people named Linnie (1,661 women and girls, 272 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,235 born in the U.S. The Census count is 14% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 469 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 819 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 286 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 85 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 32 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 111 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Linnie born?
The states with the most babies named Linnie are Texas, Mississippi and Alabama, with 45% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Mississippi and Alabama are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 671 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Mississippi | 487 | not ranked | 3.9× |
| Alabama | 411 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| Tennessee | 408 | not ranked | 2.6× |
| Georgia | 298 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Arkansas | 285 | not ranked | 2.7× |
| Kentucky | 174 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| North Carolina | 162 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Louisiana | 128 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Oklahoma | 126 | not ranked | 1.0× |
Where Linnie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Linnie is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 3.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Linnie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 90,959 babies since 1880, Linnie is the third most given (9.6% of them). In 2025 it was given to 14 of their 236 babies (5.9%), the fourth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Linnie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Linnie and names like it
- Compare Linnie and LynneBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sLinnie peaked in 1921.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Linnie since 1910.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Linnie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Linnie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.