Lynette
Lynette was given to 66 girls in 2025, #2,633 among girls’ names; 43,445 Americans have been recorded with it since 1897 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 36,200 Americans named Lynette and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (83% of everyone recorded); the median is 60 years old and half are between 50 and 68.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lynette by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lynette mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lynette is “a female given name from Welsh.”
Anglicized form of Welsh Eluned, first used by Tennyson in the Idylls of the King(1859-85), altered by folk etymology to be Lynn + -ette.
/lɪˈnɛt/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lynette?
#2,633 among girls’ names, 2025
Lynette fell from #2,052 in 2015 to #2,633 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 53.8 to 41.1 per million.
1,413 babies in 1965, the peak
Lynette peaked in 1965, when 1,413 girls were given it, #225 among girls’ names. The 66 births of 2025 are 5% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | #2,633 | 0.04 |
| 2024 | 63 | #2,738 | 0.04 |
| 2023 | 69 | #2,576 | 0.04 |
| 2022 | 64 | #2,714 | 0.04 |
| 2021 | 70 | #2,528 | 0.04 |
| 2020 | 78 | #2,297 | 0.05 |
| 2019 | 67 | #2,622 | 0.04 |
| 2018 | 65 | #2,667 | 0.04 |
| 2017 | 69 | #2,561 | 0.04 |
| 2016 | 89 | #2,182 | 0.05 |
Every recorded year (120)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 96 | #2,052 | 0.05 |
| 2014 | 77 | #2,384 | 0.04 |
| 2013 | 91 | #2,100 | 0.05 |
| 2012 | 102 | #1,933 | 0.06 |
| 2011 | 91 | #2,112 | 0.05 |
| 2010 | 106 | #1,907 | 0.06 |
| 2009 | 124 | #1,765 | 0.07 |
| 2008 | 127 | #1,751 | 0.07 |
| 2007 | 108 | #1,918 | 0.06 |
| 2006 | 113 | #1,819 | 0.06 |
| 2005 | 132 | #1,552 | 0.07 |
| 2004 | 125 | #1,581 | 0.07 |
| 2003 | 131 | #1,490 | 0.07 |
| 2002 | 109 | #1,688 | 0.06 |
| 2001 | 130 | #1,454 | 0.07 |
| 2000 | 126 | #1,464 | 0.07 |
| 1999 | 132 | #1,344 | 0.07 |
| 1998 | 115 | #1,486 | 0.07 |
| 1997 | 153 | #1,190 | 0.09 |
| 1996 | 140 | #1,249 | 0.08 |
| 1995 | 168 | #1,062 | 0.10 |
| 1994 | 186 | #998 | 0.10 |
| 1993 | 187 | #993 | 0.10 |
| 1992 | 240 | #832 | 0.13 |
| 1991 | 205 | #934 | 0.11 |
| 1990 | 238 | #822 | 0.13 |
| 1989 | 302 | #675 | 0.16 |
| 1988 | 277 | #693 | 0.16 |
| 1987 | 323 | #603 | 0.19 |
| 1986 | 322 | #601 | 0.19 |
| 1985 | 316 | #602 | 0.18 |
| 1984 | 342 | #552 | 0.20 |
| 1983 | 411 | #480 | 0.25 |
| 1982 | 393 | #511 | 0.23 |
| 1981 | 410 | #498 | 0.25 |
| 1980 | 433 | #485 | 0.26 |
| 1979 | 511 | #415 | 0.32 |
| 1978 | 458 | #437 | 0.30 |
| 1977 | 538 | #390 | 0.35 |
| 1976 | 580 | #364 | 0.40 |
| 1975 | 619 | #350 | 0.42 |
| 1974 | 621 | #349 | 0.42 |
| 1973 | 733 | #316 | 0.50 |
| 1972 | 983 | #268 | 0.65 |
| 1971 | 1,079 | #268 | 0.65 |
| 1970 | 1,157 | #264 | 0.66 |
| 1969 | 1,177 | #250 | 0.70 |
| 1968 | 1,286 | #229 | 0.78 |
| 1967 | 1,295 | #228 | 0.78 |
| 1966 | 1,331 | #225 | 0.79 |
| 1965 | 1,413 | #225 | 0.80 |
| 1964 | 1,309 | #242 | 0.69 |
| 1963 | 1,250 | #251 | 0.65 |
| 1962 | 1,208 | #258 | 0.61 |
| 1961 | 1,269 | #246 | 0.63 |
| 1960 | 1,213 | #253 | 0.60 |
| 1959 | 1,127 | #263 | 0.56 |
| 1958 | 1,113 | #262 | 0.55 |
| 1957 | 1,035 | #270 | 0.51 |
| 1956 | 1,137 | #248 | 0.57 |
| 1955 | 1,091 | #251 | 0.56 |
| 1954 | 1,065 | #252 | 0.55 |
| 1953 | 990 | #258 | 0.53 |
| 1952 | 889 | #268 | 0.48 |
| 1951 | 870 | #264 | 0.48 |
| 1950 | 811 | #269 | 0.47 |
| 1949 | 745 | #280 | 0.44 |
| 1948 | 608 | #312 | 0.36 |
| 1947 | 574 | #330 | 0.32 |
| 1946 | 457 | #354 | 0.29 |
| 1945 | 407 | #337 | 0.31 |
| 1944 | 261 | #449 | 0.20 |
| 1943 | 276 | #449 | 0.20 |
| 1942 | 243 | #473 | 0.18 |
| 1941 | 197 | #497 | 0.16 |
| 1940 | 145 | #582 | 0.13 |
| 1939 | 136 | #576 | 0.12 |
| 1938 | 118 | #633 | 0.11 |
| 1937 | 103 | #672 | 0.10 |
| 1936 | 102 | #655 | 0.10 |
| 1935 | 85 | #735 | 0.08 |
| 1934 | 69 | #813 | 0.07 |
| 1933 | 73 | #777 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 68 | #841 | 0.06 |
| 1931 | 52 | #964 | 0.05 |
| 1930 | 45 | #1,111 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 46 | #1,087 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 41 | #1,197 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 47 | #1,117 | 0.04 |
| 1926 | 50 | #1,062 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 43 | #1,183 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 55 | #1,056 | 0.04 |
| 1923 | 60 | #961 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 40 | #1,242 | 0.03 |
| 1921 | 36 | #1,323 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 37 | #1,266 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 36 | #1,288 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 31 | #1,398 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 23 | #1,631 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,845 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 31 | #1,277 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 21 | #1,417 | 0.03 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,972 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 9 | #2,069 | 0.02 |
| 1911 | 19 | #1,022 | 0.05 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,868 | 0.02 |
| 1909 | 6 | #2,127 | 0.02 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,775 | 0.02 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,530 | 0.03 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,481 | 0.03 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lynette a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lynette has been given almost only to girls: 53 boys in 120 years of records.
Girls and boys named Lynette: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lynette, and how old are they?
36,200 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 83% of the 43,445 Americans ever recorded as Lynette. The median Lynette alive today is 60 years old; half are between 50 and 68.
The 2020 Census counted 37,429 people named Lynette (37,384 women and girls, 45 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 37,808 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,010 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 14,900 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 13,100 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 4,330 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,900 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 958 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lynette born?
The states with the most babies named Lynette are California, New York and Illinois, with 30% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 5,601 | #1,709 | 1.4× |
| New York | 3,075 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 2,943 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Texas | 2,237 | #3,153 | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 2,114 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Ohio | 1,879 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 1,846 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Minnesota | 1,619 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Louisiana | 1,247 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Wisconsin | 1,239 | not ranked | 1.2× |
Where Lynette is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lynette is most over-represented in Hawaii: since 1910 it was given 3.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lynette with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 66,317 babies since 1880, Lynette is the most given (66% of them). In 2025 it was given to 66 of their 96 babies (69%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lynette
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lynette and names like it
- Compare Lynette and LynnetteBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sLynette peaked in 1965.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lynette since 1910.
- Welsh namesWiktionary’s origin for Lynette: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1965The year the most babies were named Lynette.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Lynette alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.