Girls' name · since 1945
Lynnae
Lynnae has 1,216 recorded births since 1945 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1971 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,556 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,069 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,216
- born since 1945
- 1980s
- peak decade
1,216 babies have been named Lynnae since 1945, making it today's #11069 girls' name.
Lynnae has 1,216 recorded births among girls since 1945, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11069 as of the latest data, more common than 36% of girls, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1945 to 2025.
- #6,556 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,069 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,216 born since 1945
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lynnae ranks #6,556 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,069 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,216 born since 1945, peaking in the 1980s.
- #6,556 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,069 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,216
- born since 1945
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lynnae's 1,216 recorded births place it above 90.93% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Lynnae compares
1,216 Top 29% higher than 71% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Lynnae's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lynnae | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,216 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lynnae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lynnae's full recorded timeline at 1985, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1946, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1971 peak of 27 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lynnae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–2025
- Peak year (1971)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 81 years of records
Lynnae by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (191 births, 16% of the file).
1980s was Lynnae's strongest decade.
191 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 16% of all-time use.
Lynnae births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 40
1940s
40 births
- 1950s
1950s
124 births
- 1960s
1960s
185 births
- 1970s
1970s
184 births
- 1980s
1980s
191 births
- 1990s
1990s
187 births
- 2000s
2000s
150 births
- 2010s
2010s
115 births
- 2020s 40
2020s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 191 births (16% of all-time use).
How Lynnae compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Lynnae's total volume
Lynnae by state
Where Lynnae concentrates geographically, total births since 1945
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 40 | 3.3% |
| #2 | Minnesota | | 30 | 2.5% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.4% |
40 of 1,216 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Lynnae's data
- Lynnae's decade-level peak was the 1980s (191 total births); usage has since declined to 40 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Lynnaes (40 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lynnae: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~80 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, 1945–2025 (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 Lynnae 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.