Girls' name · since 1973
Lynessa
95 babies named Lynessa in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,684 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 95
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lynessa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 95 recorded since 1973.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lynessa has been recorded 95 times among girls since 1973, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2015.
- #27,684 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 95 born since 1973
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lynessa ranks #27,684 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 95 born since 1973, peaking in the 1980s.
- #27,684 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 95
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lynessa's 95 recorded births place it above 61.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lynessa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lynessa's SSA record in two at 1993 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1975, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1993 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lynessa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2015
- Peak year (1993)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Lynessa by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (29 births, 31% of the file).
1980s was Lynessa's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Lynessa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
17 births
- 1980s
1980s
29 births
- 1990s
1990s
15 births
- 2000s
2000s
29 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 29 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Lynessa's decade-level peak was the 1980s (29 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lynessa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1973–2015 (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 Lynessa 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.