Lynita — girls' name
378 babies named Lynita in U.S. Social Security records since 1938, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Lynita was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Lynita in 1960 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lynita
The Social Security Administration has registered 378 babies named Lynita between 1938 and 1994, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lynita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lynita performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 143 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Lynita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lynita 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 378 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.
Lynita at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lynita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1938
- Peak year (1960)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 57 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
378 total births across 57 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1960 with 21 births in a single year.
Lynita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 143 births that decade — 38% of Lynita's all-time total
Lynita decade highlights
- Peak decade 143 births
- Runner-up 86 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Lynita's strongest decade
143 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% 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, 1938–1994 (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.