Lynea — #15527 US girls' name
388 babies named Lynea in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 12% of names given to girls today.
25% of everyone ever named Lynea was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Lynea in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lynea
The Social Security Administration has registered 388 babies named Lynea between 1948 and 2024, spanning 77 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lynea currently holds the #15527 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lynea performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 96 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Lynea shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lynea in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lynea 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 388 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.
Lynea at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lynea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1948
- Peak year (1988)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 77 years of records
Currently ranks #15527 among girls.
388 total births across 77 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 16 births in a single year.
Lynea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 96 births that decade — 25% of Lynea's all-time total
Lynea decade highlights
- Peak decade 96 births
- Runner-up 74 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Lynea's strongest decade
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Lynea by state
Where Lynea concentrates geographically — total births since 1948
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.3% |
5 of 388 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1948–2024 (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.