Girls' name · since 1987
Lyneisha
Lyneisha has 45 recorded births since 1987 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1987 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #36,230 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 45
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Lyneisha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 45 have been recorded since 1987.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lyneisha has been recorded 45 times among girls since 1987, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 1998.
- #36,230 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 45 born since 1987
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lyneisha ranks #36,230 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 45 born since 1987, peaking in the 1990s.
- #36,230 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 45
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Lyneisha's 45 recorded births place it above 49.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lyneisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lyneisha's full recorded timeline at 1992, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1987 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lyneisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–1998
- Peak year (1987)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Lyneisha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (29 births, 64% of the file).
1990s was Lyneisha's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Lyneisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
16 births
- 1990s
1990s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 29 births (64% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lyneisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~11 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, 1987–1998 (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 Lyneisha 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.