Lynnita — girls' name
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.
38% of everyone ever named Lynnita was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Lynnita in 1964 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lynnita
The Social Security Administration has registered 66 babies named Lynnita between 1942 and 1988, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lynnita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lynnita performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Lynnita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lynnita 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 66 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.
Lynnita at a glance
Last recorded 1988Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lynnita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1942
- Peak year (1964)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1988.
66 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1964 with 8 births in a single year.
Lynnita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 25 births that decade — 38% of Lynnita's all-time total
Lynnita decade highlights
- Peak decade 25 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Lynnita's strongest decade
25 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, 1942–1988 (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.