Girls' name · peaked in 1965
Lynette name popularity since 1925
42,983 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Lynette. Half of them were born in 1965 or earlier, so the typical Lynette is about 61 years old in 2026. Lynette peaked in 1965 as the #225 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 42,983
- Named Lynette, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,633 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 42,930 girls · 53 boys
- Most popular in
- Hawaii
- 4.63× its national share
Peak year is the year Lynette made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Lynette births per year, 1925–2025
1965 was the biggest year for Lynette both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1940 and 1945, Lynette became 2.5× more common, from 1 in 7,890 baby girls to 1 in 3,210.
- Steepest fall: Between 1972 and 1977, its share of baby girls fell by 46%, from 1 in 1,550 to 1 in 2,850.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Lynette's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Lynette.
Decade by decade
Babies named Lynette in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 227 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 851 | 0 | #735 |
| 1940s | 3,913 | 0 | #337 |
| 1950s | 10,128 | 6 | #251 |
| 1960s | 12,751 | 24 | #225 |
| 1970s | 7,279 | 23 | #350 |
| 1980s | 3,529 | 0 | #602 |
| 1990s | 1,764 | 0 | #1,065 |
| 2000s | 1,225 | 0 | #1,552 |
| 2010s | 853 | 0 | #2,052 |
| 2020–25 | 410 | 0 | #2,633 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
43.7% of babies named Lynette from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Lynette is most popular
The index compares Lynette's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Lynette.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 4.63× | 570 |
| South Dakota | 3.37× | 424 |
| North Dakota | 3.26× | 405 |
| Utah | 2.31× | 775 |
| Minnesota | 2.24× | 1,614 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Lynette and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Lynette (this page) | 42,930 | 1965 |
| Lynnette | 15,164 | 1968 |
| Linette | 4,285 | 1971 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Lynette's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Lynette.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Lynette (1965).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data