Girls' name · since 1942
Lynnita
66 babies named Lynnita in U.S. Social Security records since 1942, with the highest year being 1964. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,802 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 66
- born since 1942
- 1970s
- peak decade
Lynnita sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 66 recorded since 1942.
Social Security Administration records show Lynnita recorded 66 times among girls since 1942, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1942 to 1988.
- #31,802 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 66 born since 1942
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lynnita ranks #31,802 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 66 born since 1942, peaking in the 1970s.
- #31,802 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 66
- born since 1942
- 1970s
- peak decade
Lynnita's 66 recorded births place it above 55.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lynnita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lynnita's SSA record in two at 1967 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1942, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1964 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lynnita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–1988
- Peak year (1964)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Lynnita by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (25 births, 38% of the file).
1970s was Lynnita's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Lynnita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
12 births
- 1960s
1960s
19 births
- 1970s
1970s
25 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 25 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Lynnita's decade-level peak was the 1970s (25 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lynnita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1964)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1942–1988 (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 Lynnita 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.