Linnea Girl
How popular is Linnea?
#1,443 girl name in 2025
149 baby girls were named Linnea in the US in 2025, making it the 1443rd most popular girl name.
Linnea popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,443 for girls (▲ 155 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 149 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-16% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,337 in 2015, #1,649 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2015 (177 girls) |
| Highest rank | #741 in 1945 |
| First recorded | 1894 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Linnea counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Linnea family of names ranked #1,170 for girls in 2025 (#1,210 the year before), with 159 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Linnea | 149 | 94% |
| Lynnea | 10 | 6% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Linnea is most popular
Babies named Linnea per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Minnesota: 0.5 per 1,000 (56 girls)
- Montana: 0.4 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Washington: 0.3 per 1,000 (47 girls)
- Oregon: 0.2 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- Wisconsin: 0.2 per 1,000 (18 girls)
Linnea by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 12 | #1,379 |
| 1900s | 116 | #965 |
| 1910s | 360 | #810 |
| 1920s | 198 | #1,708 |
| 1930s | 232 | #1,194 |
| 1940s | 822 | #741 |
| 1950s | 990 | #839 |
| 1960s | 682 | #1,224 |
| 1970s | 700 | #1,342 |
| 1980s | 937 | #1,158 |
| 1990s | 1,199 | #1,326 |
| 2000s | 1,358 | #1,389 |
| 2010s | 1,512 | #1,337 |
| 2020s | 826 | #1,443 |
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Questions
- Is Linnea a boy or girl name?
- Linnea is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Linnea were girls.
- How popular is the name Linnea?
- 149 baby girls were named Linnea in the US in 2025, making it the 1443rd most popular girl name.
- When was Linnea most popular?
- Linnea peaked in 2015, when 177 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #741 in 1945.
- How many people are named Linnea?
- 9,944 babies have been named Linnea in the US since 1880. We estimate about 8,421 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 31.
- Where is Linnea most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Linnea was most common in Minnesota, at 0.5 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.