Lynette

#2,607 for girls in 2025, 66 births · Last seen for boys in 1976 at #5,587
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1965 · 1,413 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
43,392
since 1897

Lynette over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lynette has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #225, 1965girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,60766
2024#2,72263
2023#2,55569
2022#2,68964
2021#2,51070
2020#2,27778
2019#2,59367
2018#2,64765
2017#2,54669
2016#2,16889
2015#2,03996
2014#2,37177
2013#2,09691
2012#1,929102
2011#2,10391
2010#1,897106
2009#1,756124
2008#1,740127
2007#1,908108
2006#1,809113
2005#1,547132
2004#1,573125
2003#1,486131
2002#1,683109
2001#1,444130
2000#1,456126
1999#1,341132
1998#1,481115
1997#1,187153
1996#1,246140
1995#1,063168
1994#994186
1993#989187
1992#832240
1991#934205
1990#822238
1989#675302
1988#692277
1987#603323
1986#600322
1985#601316
1984#552342
1983#479411
1982#510393
1981#498410
1980#485433
1979#414511
1978#436458
1977#390538
1976#362580#5,5875
1975#350619
1974#349621#4,6346
1973#315733
1972#268983
1971#2681,079#3,9637
1970#2641,157#4,7245
1969#2501,177
1968#2291,286
1967#2281,295#3,5596
1966#2251,331#3,5376
1965#2251,413
1964#2421,309
1963#2511,250#3,6466
1962#2581,208
1961#2461,269#3,6526
1960#2531,213
1959#2631,127#3,6196
1958#2621,113
1957#2701,035
1956#2481,137
1955#2511,091
1954#2521,065
1953#258990
1952#268889
1951#264870
1950#269811
1949#280745
1948#312608
1947#330574
1946#354457
1945#337407
1944#449261
1943#449276
1942#472243
1941#496197
1940#582145
1939#575136
1938#633118
1937#670103
1936#652102
1935#72985
1934#81169
1933#76973
1932#83068
1931#95952
1930#1,10145
1929#1,07846
1928#1,19141
1927#1,10847
1926#1,05450
1925#1,17643
1924#1,04655
1923#95360
1922#1,23240
1921#1,29836
1920#1,25537
1919#1,27036
1918#1,38031
1917#1,60523
1916#1,80519
1915#1,25831
1914#1,38521
1913#1,88311
1912#1,9819
1911#1,00719
1910#1,7738
1909#1,9576
1908#1,6767
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1902#1,4387
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1897#1,3856
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First appearance
1897

The first year at least five girls were named Lynette! It came in at #1,385, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1898–1901, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Lynette
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 115 spots since 2024 (#2,722#2,607)
  • 330 spots since 2020 (#2,277#2,607)
  • 568 spots since 2015 (#2,039#2,607)
  • Biggest jump: 279 spots in 1923 (#1,232#953)
  • Biggest drop: 157 spots in 1993 (#832#989)
Rise & fade · girls
68 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1897
  • Peaked 1965 at #225 (1,413 births)
  • Births halved by 1974, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 65 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1931–1994
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,249
  • Highest: 1 in 1,249 girls born in 1965 were named Lynette (0.08%)
  • Latest: 1 in 24,353 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 29.4% of all girls named Lynette (12,751) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s6#1,385 (1897)#1,385
1900s20#1,438 (1902)#1,690
1910s208#1,007 (1911)#1,535
1920s455#953 (1923)#1,139
1930s851#575 (1939)#773
1940s3,913#280 (1949)#406
1950s10,128#248 (1956)#261
1960s12,751#225 (1965)#241
1970s7,279#264 (1970)#342
1980s3,529#479 (1983)#570
1990s1,764#822 (1990)#1,089
2000s1,225#1,444 (2001)#1,640
2010s853#1,897 (2010)#2,239
2020s410#2,277 (2020)#2,560

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.

Lynette in 1963

girls
#251
1,250 births · 1 in 1,542 girls
boys
#3,646
6 births · 1 in 338,513 boys

Top girls' names in 1963

  1. #1Lisa56,047
  2. #2Mary41,546
  3. #3Susan33,991
  4. #4Karen32,492
  5. #5Linda27,727
  6. #6Donna25,405
  7. #7Patricia25,374
  8. #8Lori23,899
  9. #9Sandra21,621
  10. #10Cynthia21,589
  11. #251Lynette1,250

Top boys' names in 1963

  1. #1Michael83,771
  2. #2John78,636
  3. #3David78,444
  4. #4James71,294
  5. #5Robert70,007
  6. #6Mark49,342
  7. #7William44,453
  8. #8Richard40,772
  9. #9Thomas35,490
  10. #10Jeffrey31,701
  11. #3,646Lynette6
More about 1963

girls

1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 1,542 of them was named Lynette, which outranked 96.7% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lynette
  1. #248Grace1,274
  2. #249Nina1,273
  3. #250Lauren1,258
  4. #251Lynette1,250
  5. #252Priscilla1,248
  6. #253Ginger1,225
  7. #254Christy1,209
Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. 631Zena#1,323#692
  2. 623Zina#992#369
  3. 540Trisha#1,020#480
  4. 457Shirl#1,304#847
  5. 396Glynis#992#596
Fallers
  1. 1,195Marnita#727#1,922
  2. 255Velvet#623#878
  3. 235Delphine#904#1,139
  4. 224Rosita#934#1,158
  5. 197Lindy#885#1,082

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

boys

2,031,078 boys got a published name in 1963; 1 in 338,513 of them was named Lynette, which outranked 21.1% of the 4,621 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lynette
  1. #3,318Yvette7
  2. #3,318Zvi7
  3. #3,318Zygmunt7
  4. #3,646Lynette6
  5. #3,646Abelino6
  6. #3,646Abran6
  7. #3,646Ainsley6
  8. #4,048Abbott5
  9. #4,048Abie5
  10. #4,048Abron5

Tied with 401 names at #3,646; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. 1,551Tal#2,364#813
  2. 1,141Jaimie#1,962#821
  3. 540Stoney#1,038#498
  4. 364Pamela#1,311#947
  5. 331Giovanni#1,242#911
Fallers
  1. 324Olin#871#1,195
  2. 295Enoch#984#1,279
  3. 285Rand#953#1,238
  4. 283Vernell#996#1,279
  5. 269Bentley#926#1,195

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

See the top 100 for 1963