Girls' name · since 1981
Lynesha
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.
- #28,458 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 89
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
Lynesha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 89 have been recorded since 1981.
Social Security Administration records show Lynesha recorded 89 times among girls since 1981, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 1998.
- #28,458 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 89 born since 1981
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lynesha ranks #28,458 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 89 born since 1981, peaking in the 1990s.
- #28,458 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 89
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
Lynesha's 89 recorded births place it above 60.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lynesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lynesha's full recorded timeline at 1992, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lynesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1998
- Peak year (1997)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Lynesha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (67 births, 75% of the file).
1990s was Lynesha's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Lynesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 22
1980s
22 births
- 1990s
1990s
67 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 67 births (75% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lynesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~17 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, 1981–1998 (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 Lynesha 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.