Linnea

#1,443 for girls in 2025, 149 births

Peak · girls
#741
1945 · 101 births
Debut · girls
1894
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
9,944
since 1894

Linnea over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Linnea has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201945peak #741, 1945girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#1,443149
2024#1,598131
2023#1,465150
2022#1,560136
2021#1,554135
2020#1,649125
2019#1,668126
2018#1,435154
2017#1,460154
2016#1,446159
2015#1,337177
2014#1,446157
2013#1,413161
2012#1,510147
2011#1,646130
2010#1,521147
2009#1,602140
2008#1,547149
2007#1,579143
2006#1,415160
2005#1,513137
2004#1,533130
2003#1,390143
2002#1,500126
2001#1,700106
2000#1,481124
1999#1,476117
1998#1,363127
1997#1,419117
1996#1,368123
1995#1,439112
1994#1,368121
1993#1,385118
1992#1,329126
1991#1,335123
1990#1,372115
1989#1,54092
1988#1,42098
1987#1,53183
1986#1,32799
1985#1,44586
1984#1,44680
1983#1,32890
1982#1,210111
1981#1,158115
1980#1,46083
1979#1,36490
1978#1,35887
1977#1,48374
1976#1,43373
1975#1,34280
1974#1,77250
1973#1,54860
1972#1,80447
1971#1,36478
1970#1,57061
1969#1,49962
1968#1,51956
1967#1,55952
1966#1,36864
1965#1,27471
1964#1,24678
1963#1,33069
1962#1,22481
1961#1,28874
1960#1,26675
1959#1,17482
1958#1,18980
1957#1,08393
1956#1,04396
1955#984103
1954#945104
1953#906107
1952#906104
1951#840113
1950#850108
1949#858105
1948#863102
1947#88599
1946#802106
1945#741101
1944#91870
1943#83886
1942#98763
1941#1,11744
1940#1,06246
1939#1,19437
1938#1,26833
1937#1,67921
1936#1,69120
1935#1,41827
1934#1,91317
1933#1,47025
1932#1,81719
1931#1,75020
1930#2,42513
1929#2,01117
1928#2,19416
1927#1,77123
1926#1,99719
1925#2,28316
1924#1,72325
1923#1,73624
1922#3,3799
1921#1,72325
1920#1,70824
1919#1,13342
1918#98953
1917#1,07943
1916#1,00547
1915#1,07539
1914#1,14728
1913#81042
1912#84635
1911#1,11316
1910#1,17115
1909#99017
1908#1,20312
1907#1,20611
1906#1,22910
1905#1,09312
1904#96514
1903#96913
1902#1,2199
1901#1,06710
1900#1,4318
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1898#1,3797
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1894#1,4855
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First appearance
1894

The first year at least five girls were named Linnea! It came in at #1,485, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1894–1897, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Linnea
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 155 spots since 2024 (#1,598 → #1,443)
  • 206 spots since 2020 (#1,649 → #1,443)
  • 106 spots since 2015 (#1,337 → #1,443)
  • Biggest jump: 267 spots in 1912 (#1,113 → #846)
  • Biggest drop: 337 spots in 1914 (#810 → #1,147)
Rise & fade · girls
51 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1894
  • Peaked 1945 at #741 (101 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 27 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1942–1955
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,085
  • Highest: 1 in 10,085 girls born in 2015 were named Linnea (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 10,787 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #741 in 1945, was only 1 in 12,941 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 15.2% of all girls named Linnea (1,512) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s12#1,379 (1898)#1,432
1900s116#965 (1904)#1,137
1910s360#810 (1913)#1,037
1920s198#1,708 (1920)#2,053
1930s232#1,194 (1939)#1,663
1940s822#741 (1945)#907
1950s990#840 (1951)#992
1960s682#1,224 (1962)#1,357
1970s700#1,342 (1975)#1,504
1980s937#1,158 (1981)#1,387
1990s1,199#1,329 (1992)#1,385
2000s1,358#1,390 (2003)#1,526
2010s1,512#1,337 (2015)#1,488
2020s826#1,443 (2025)#1,545

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Linnea in 1945

girls
#741
101 births · 1 in 12,941 girls

Top girls' names in 1945

  1. #1Mary59,278
  2. #2Linda41,465
  3. #3Barbara38,273
  4. #4Patricia35,844
  5. #5Carol30,389
  6. #6Sandra24,700
  7. #7Nancy21,456
  8. #8Sharon20,838
  9. #9Judith20,192
  10. #10Susan19,222
  11. #741Linnea101
More about 1945

girls

1,307,090 girls got a published name in 1945; 1 in 12,941 of them was named Linnea, which outranked 85.9% of the 5,242 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Linnea
  1. #737Charmaine102
  2. #737Nanci102
  3. #737Selma102
  4. #741Linnea101
  5. #741Aline101
  6. #741Allene101
  7. #741Candice101
  8. #749Alene100
  9. #749Beryl100
  10. #749Fran100

Tied with 7 names at #741; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1944
Risers
  1. ↑ 799Lauren#1,153 → #354
  2. ↑ 707Amber#1,661 → #954
  3. ↑ 648Laureen#1,315 → #667
  4. ↑ 630Deidre#1,609 → #979
  5. ↑ 623Candice#1,364 → #741
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Bernardine#937 → #1,332
  2. ↓ 386Joella#988 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 342Venita#937 → #1,279
  4. ↓ 275Magdalene#867 → #1,142
  5. ↓ 249Alpha#964 → #1,213

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1945 →