Girls' name · since 1947
Lynett
Lynett has 473 recorded births since 1947 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1968 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,278 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 473
- born since 1947
- 1960s
- peak decade
Lynett is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 473 have been recorded since 1947.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lynett has been recorded 473 times among girls since 1947, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 2014.
- #12,278 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 473 born since 1947
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lynett ranks #12,278 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 473 born since 1947, peaking in the 1960s.
- #12,278 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 473
- born since 1947
- 1960s
- peak decade
Lynett's 473 recorded births place it above 83.01% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lynett's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lynett's full recorded timeline at 1972, 40% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 60% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1949, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1968 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lynett popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–2014
- Peak year (1968)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 68 years of records
Lynett by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (151 births, 32% of the file).
1960s was Lynett's strongest decade.
151 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Lynett births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 18
1940s
18 births
- 1950s
1950s
96 births
- 1960s
1960s
151 births
- 1970s
1970s
95 births
- 1980s 58
1980s
58 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 39
2000s
39 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 151 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Lynett's decade-level peak was the 1960s (151 total births); usage has since declined to 10 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 Lynett: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1968)
Similar record span (~67 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, 1947–2014 (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 Lynett 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.