Lynette Girl
How popular is Lynette?
#2,607 girl name in 2025
66 baby girls were named Lynette in the US in 2025, making it the 2607th most popular girl name.
Lynette popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,607 for girls (▲ 115 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 66 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-31% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,039 in 2015, #2,277 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1965 (1,413 girls) |
| Highest rank | #225 in 1965 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1897 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lynette counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lynette family of names ranked #1,684 for girls in 2025 (#1,750 the year before), with 89 babies in all.
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 Lynette is most popular
Babies named Lynette per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (63 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (60 girls)
- Arizona: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Washington: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Lynette by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #1,384 |
| 1900s | 20 | #1,438 |
| 1910s | 208 | #1,007 |
| 1920s | 455 | #953 |
| 1930s | 851 | #575 |
| 1940s | 3,913 | #280 |
| 1950s | 10,128 | #248 |
| 1960s | 12,751 | #225 |
| 1970s | 7,279 | #264 |
| 1980s | 3,529 | #479 |
| 1990s | 1,764 | #821 |
| 2000s | 1,225 | #1,443 |
| 2010s | 853 | #1,897 |
| 2020s | 410 | #2,277 |
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Questions
- Is Lynette a boy or girl name?
- Lynette is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lynette were girls.
- How popular is the name Lynette?
- 66 baby girls were named Lynette in the US in 2025, making it the 2607th most popular girl name.
- When was Lynette most popular?
- Lynette peaked in 1965, when 1,413 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #225, held for 2 years starting in 1965.
- How many people are named Lynette?
- 43,445 babies have been named Lynette in the US since 1880. We estimate about 36,985 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 60.
- Where is Lynette most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lynette was most common in California, at 0.1 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.