Lynette — #2715 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Lynette

The Social Security Administration has registered 43,326 babies named Lynette between 1897 and 2024, spanning 128 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lynette currently holds the #2715 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1965, when 1,412 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lynette performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 12,751 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Lynette shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5,588 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Lynette in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lynette 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 43,326 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.