Girls' name · since 2012

Lynnley

160 babies named Lynnley in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#22,133 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#7,821 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
160
born since 2012
2010s
peak decade

160 babies have been named Lynnley since 2012, making it today's #7821 girls' name.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lynnley has been recorded 160 times among girls since 2012, currently ranked #7821 nationally and more common than 55% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2025.

  • #22,133 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #7,821 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 160 born since 2012
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lynnley ranks #22,133 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,821 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 160 born since 2012, peaking in the 2010s.

#22,133 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#7,821 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
160
born since 2012
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%54.7%
Lynnley vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Lynnley's 160 recorded births place it above 69.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Lynnley compares

160 33rd percentile among 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

Lynnley's all-time total is 57% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Lynnley Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 160 376 567,345
Peak-year births 17 21 19,840

Lynnley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Lynnley's full recorded timeline at 2019, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2020, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Lynnley popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2024)
17
Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
05101520 20122014201620182020202220242025 14

Lynnley by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (93 births, 58% of the file).

2010s was Lynnley's strongest decade.

93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.

Lynnley births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 93 births (58% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Lynnley?
Lynnley has been given to 160 babies in the U.S. since 2012, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #22,133 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #7,821 of 17,297. 17 babies were born in 2024, its single highest year.
Where does Lynnley sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lynnley ranks #22,133 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,821 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Lynnley most popular?
Lynnley was most popular in the 2010s decade with 93 total births. The single peak year was 2024.
How long has the name Lynnley been used?
Records for Lynnley go back to 2012, giving 14 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Lynnley?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Lynn, Lynda, Lynne, Lynette, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Lynnley's data

  • Lynnley's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (93 total births) through the 2020s (67) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Lynnley

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Lynnley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2012–2025 (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 Lynnley 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.