Lynesha — girls' name
89 babies named Lynesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
75% of everyone ever named Lynesha was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Lynesha in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lynesha
The Social Security Administration has registered 89 babies named Lynesha between 1981 and 1998, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lynesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lynesha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 67 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Lynesha shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lynesha 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 89 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.
Lynesha at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lynesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1981
- Peak year (1997)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
89 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 15 births in a single year.
Lynesha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 67 births that decade — 75% of Lynesha's all-time total
Lynesha decade highlights
- Peak decade 67 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Lynesha's strongest decade
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 75% 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, 1981–1998 (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.