Linnie
#7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to girls 91.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 65 births
- Debut · girls
- 41 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,997since 1880
Linnie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,491 | 14 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,594 | 14 | — | |
| 2023 | #6,409 | 18 | — | |
| 2022 | #6,464 | 18 | — | |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | — | |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | — | |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | — | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | — | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | — | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | — | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | — | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | — | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | — | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | — | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | — | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | — | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | — | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | — | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | — | |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | — | |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | — | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | — | |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | — | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #3,963 | 16 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,177 | 20 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #3,266 | 20 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #3,199 | 18 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #3,266 | 15 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #2,411 | 25 | #2,617 | 10 |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | #2,015 | 34 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #2,031 | 33 | #2,364 | 12 |
| 1961 | #2,150 | 30 | #1,876 | 19 |
| 1960 | #1,887 | 36 | #2,210 | 14 |
| 1959 | #1,617 | 45 | #2,530 | 11 |
| 1958 | #1,820 | 36 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1957 | #1,588 | 46 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #1,693 | 39 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,667 | 38 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #1,465 | 47 | #2,114 | 14 |
| 1953 | #1,318 | 54 | #2,391 | 11 |
| 1952 | #1,156 | 67 | #2,376 | 11 |
| 1951 | #1,215 | 58 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #1,212 | 58 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | #1,056 | 72 | #1,872 | 16 |
| 1948 | #1,116 | 64 | #1,943 | 15 |
| 1947 | #1,059 | 70 | #2,076 | 14 |
| 1946 | #1,148 | 55 | #2,403 | 10 |
| 1945 | #968 | 64 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | #855 | 79 | #2,080 | 12 |
| 1943 | #952 | 68 | #1,833 | 16 |
| 1942 | #887 | 77 | #2,268 | 11 |
| 1941 | #783 | 85 | #2,083 | 12 |
| 1940 | #752 | 85 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #805 | 73 | #2,609 | 8 |
| 1938 | #731 | 88 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #734 | 85 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | #733 | 82 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #635 | 105 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #751 | 79 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #666 | 96 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | #656 | 104 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | #678 | 97 | #2,003 | 14 |
| 1930 | #657 | 109 | #2,293 | 12 |
| 1929 | #752 | 87 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | #632 | 124 | #2,387 | 12 |
| 1927 | #655 | 121 | #2,408 | 12 |
| 1926 | #647 | 124 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #547 | 172 | #1,935 | 17 |
| 1924 | #641 | 136 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #662 | 126 | #2,614 | 11 |
| 1922 | #596 | 145 | #2,801 | 10 |
| 1921 | #528 | 180 | #2,632 | 11 |
| 1920 | #541 | 173 | #2,459 | 12 |
| 1919 | #558 | 152 | #2,511 | 11 |
| 1918 | #523 | 176 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | #516 | 167 | #2,423 | 11 |
| 1916 | #477 | 178 | #2,543 | 10 |
| 1915 | #460 | 179 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | #509 | 120 | #2,457 | 8 |
| 1913 | #425 | 135 | — | |
| 1912 | #425 | 122 | #2,544 | 5 |
| 1911 | #439 | 85 | — | |
| 1910 | #432 | 85 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | #383 | 94 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | #348 | 105 | #877 | 10 |
| 1907 | #387 | 84 | — | |
| 1906 | #399 | 74 | — | |
| 1905 | #315 | 114 | — | |
| 1904 | #354 | 85 | — | |
| 1903 | #341 | 85 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #324 | 91 | #933 | 7 |
| 1901 | #344 | 79 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #310 | 113 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | #355 | 69 | #928 | 6 |
| 1898 | #334 | 87 | — | |
| 1897 | #286 | 98 | — | |
| 1896 | #324 | 81 | — | |
| 1895 | #288 | 96 | — | |
| 1894 | #313 | 78 | — | |
| 1893 | #268 | 100 | — | |
| 1892 | #259 | 104 | — | |
| 1891 | #277 | 79 | — | |
| 1890 | #273 | 83 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | #242 | 93 | — | |
| 1888 | #237 | 95 | — | |
| 1887 | #234 | 82 | — | |
| 1886 | #240 | 74 | — | |
| 1885 | #266 | 55 | — | |
| 1884 | #220 | 74 | — | |
| 1883 | #194 | 76 | — | |
| 1882 | #271 | 41 | — | |
| 1881 | #189 | 65 | — | |
| 1880 | #240 | 41 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Linnie was already there! It came in at #240, and was given to 41 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1989–1991, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Linnie is popular in 1932
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Tennessee#276 · 1 in 2,088
- Arkansas#283 · 1 in 1,704
- Mississippi#298 · 1 in 2,002
- Florida#306 · 1 in 2,044
- Alabama#369 · 1 in 3,322
Best ever in a state: #145 in Arkansas, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #276 | 13 | 1 in 2,088 |
| Arkansas | #283 | 11 | 1 in 1,704 |
| Mississippi | #298 | 11 | 1 in 2,002 |
| Florida | #306 | 6 | 1 in 2,044 |
| Alabama | #369 | 9 | 1 in 3,322 |
| Texas | #398 | 22 | 1 in 2,557 |
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| West Virginia | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Linnie
- 103 spots since 2024 (#7,594 → #7,491)
- 4,651 spots since 2020 (#12,142 → #7,491)
- 4,344 spots since 2015 (#11,835 → #7,491)
- Biggest jump: 116 spots in 1935 (#751 → #635)
- Biggest drop: 180 spots in 1946 (#968 → #1,148)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #189 (65 births)
- Births halved by 1961, 80 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 66 yrs · run 1880–1945
- Highest: 1 in 1,415 girls born in 1881 were named Linnie (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 114,805 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 17.5% of all girls named Linnie (1,399) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 696 | #189 (1881) | #233 |
| 1890s | 875 | #259 (1892) | #298 |
| 1900s | 924 | #310 (1900) | #351 |
| 1910s | 1,399 | #425 (1913) | #476 |
| 1920s | 1,388 | #528 (1921) | #620 |
| 1930s | 918 | #635 (1935) | #705 |
| 1940s | 719 | #752 (1940) | #958 |
| 1950s | 488 | #1,156 (1952) | #1,475 |
| 1960s | 240 | #1,887 (1960) | #2,662 |
| 1970s | 128 | #3,177 (1972) | #5,216 |
| 1980s | 65 | #7,312 (1983) | #9,183 |
| 1990s | 25 | #9,491 (1992) | #12,107 |
| 2000s | 15 | #16,099 (2004) | #17,010 |
| 2010s | 37 | #9,736 (2019) | #12,777 |
| 2020s | 80 | #6,409 (2023) | #8,399 |
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.
Linnie in 1932
Top girls' names in 1932
Top boys' names in 1932
More about 1932
girls
1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 10,261 of them was named Linnie, which outranked 87.1% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #650Roselyn106
- #650Vesta106
- #655Ofelia105
- #656Linnie104
- #656Alvina104
- #656Arleen104
- #656Catharine104
- #663Alfreda103
- #663Marvel103
- #663Norene103
Tied with 6 names at #656; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 116,017 of them was named Linnie, which outranked 38.4% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,465Woodson10
- #2,465Ygnacio10
- #2,465Zeke10
- #2,638Linnie9
- #2,638Abran9
- #2,638Acy9
- #2,638Admiral9
- #2,849Abelino8
- #2,849Abundio8
- #2,849Allard8
Tied with 210 names at #2,638; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.