Girls' name · since 1988
Lynlea
Since 1988, U.S. Social Security records show 20 babies named Lynlea, peaking in 2015. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #46,087 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 20
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lynlea is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 20 have been recorded since 1988.
Lynlea has 20 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2015.
- #46,087 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 20 born since 1988
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lynlea ranks #46,087 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 20 born since 1988, peaking in the 2010s.
- #46,087 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 20
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lynlea's 20 recorded births place it above 35.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lynlea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lynlea splits its recorded history at 2012: 65% of all births land in the more recent half, 35% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2012 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lynlea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2015
- Peak year (2015)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Lynlea by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (13 births, 65% of the file).
2010s was Lynlea's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Lynlea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 13 births (65% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lynlea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~27 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1988–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lynlea draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.