Lynetta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Lynetta

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,466 babies named Lynetta between 1919 and 2004, spanning 86 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lynetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 51 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lynetta performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 420 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Lynetta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 56 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Lynetta in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lynetta 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 1,466 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.