Lynett — girls' name
473 babies named Lynett in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Lynett was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Lynett in 1968 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lynett
The Social Security Administration has registered 473 babies named Lynett between 1947 and 2014, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lynett currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lynett performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 151 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Lynett shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lynett 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 473 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.
Lynett at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lynett popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1947
- Peak year (1968)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 68 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
473 total births across 68 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1968 with 20 births in a single year.
Lynett by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 151 births that decade — 32% of Lynett's all-time total
Lynett decade highlights
- Peak decade 151 births
- Runner-up 96 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Lynett's strongest decade
151 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% 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, 1947–2014 (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.