Lynnetta — girls' name
529 babies named Lynnetta in U.S. Social Security records since 1941, with the highest year being 1966. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
30% of everyone ever named Lynnetta was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Lynnetta in 1966 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lynnetta
The Social Security Administration has registered 529 babies named Lynnetta between 1941 and 1989, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lynnetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1966, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lynnetta performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 158 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Lynnetta shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lynnetta in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lynnetta 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 529 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.
Lynnetta at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lynnetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1941
- Peak year (1966)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
529 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1966 with 22 births in a single year.
Lynnetta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 158 births that decade — 30% of Lynnetta's all-time total
Lynnetta decade highlights
- Peak decade 158 births
- Runner-up 150 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Lynnetta's strongest decade
158 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Lynnetta by state
Where Lynnetta concentrates geographically — total births since 1941
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 1.9% |
10 of 529 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1941–1989 (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.