Lyne — girls' name
202 babies named Lyne in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Lyne was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Lyne in 1957 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lyne
The Social Security Administration has registered 202 babies named Lyne between 1946 and 2016, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lyne currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lyne performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Lyne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lyne 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 202 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.
Lyne at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
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Lyne popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1946
- Peak year (1957)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 71 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
202 total births across 71 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1957 with 14 births in a single year.
Lyne popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1959 (Lyne as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Lyne accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Lyne by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 82 births that decade — 41% of Lyne's all-time total
Lyne decade highlights
- Peak decade 82 births
- Runner-up 66 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Lyne's strongest decade
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% 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, 1946–2016 (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.