Recorded 1963–2000 Girls' name Peak 1999 46 births

Lynese — girls' name

46 babies named Lynese in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s111970s51990s212000s9
1990s
Peak decade

46% of everyone ever named Lynese was born in this single decade.

1999
Single peak year

16 babies were named Lynese in 1999 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Lynese

The Social Security Administration has registered 46 babies named Lynese between 1963 and 2000, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lynese currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lynese performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lynese shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lynese 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 46 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.

Lynese at a glance

Last recorded 2000

Total births

46

Since 1963

38 years of records

Peak year

1999

16 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2000

Active since

1963

Recorded for 38 years

Last year on file: 2000

Lynese popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1963

Last recorded 2000
Peak year (1999)
16
Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
05101520 200019991994197419681963 5

Lynese by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
21 births that decade — 46% of Lynese's all-time total
1960s111970s51990s212000s9

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Lynese?
46 babies have been named Lynese since 1963. It was last recorded in 2000. The peak year was 1999 with 16 births.
When was Lynese most popular?
Lynese was most popular in the 1990s decade with 21 total births. The single peak year was 1999.
How long has the name Lynese been used?
Lynese has been recorded in Social Security data since 1963, spanning 38 years of data through 2000.
What names are similar to Lynese?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Lynn, Lynda, Lynne, Lynette, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1963–2000 (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.