Recorded 1978–2020 Girls' name Peak 2004 154 births

Lynia — girls' name

154 babies named Lynia in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s61980s51990s222000s882010s272020s6
2000s
Peak decade

57% of everyone ever named Lynia was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

15 babies were named Lynia in 2004 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Lynia

The Social Security Administration has registered 154 babies named Lynia between 1978 and 2020, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lynia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lynia performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 88 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Lynia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lynia 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 154 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.

Lynia at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

154

Since 1978

43 years of records

Peak year

2004

15 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

1978

Recorded for 43 years

Last year on file: 2020

Lynia popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1978

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (2004)
15
Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
05101520 2020201020072003200019961978 6

Lynia by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
88 births that decade — 57% of Lynia's all-time total
1970s61980s51990s222000s882010s272020s6

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Lynia?
154 babies have been named Lynia since 1978. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 2004 with 15 births.
When was Lynia most popular?
Lynia was most popular in the 2000s decade with 88 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
How long has the name Lynia been used?
Lynia has been recorded in Social Security data since 1978, spanning 43 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Lynia?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Lynn, Lynda, Lynne, Lynette, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1978–2020 (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.