Girls' name · peaked in 1962
Lynne name popularity since 1925
62,041 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Lynne (99.3% girls, 0.7% boys). Half of them were born in 1956 or earlier, so the typical Lynne is about 70 years old in 2026. Lynne peaked in 1962 as the #164 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 62,041
- Named Lynne, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #14,259 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.3% girls
- 61,626 girls · 415 boys
- Most popular in
- Massachusetts
- 3.50× its national share
Peak year is the year Lynne 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.
Lynne births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1960. Measured as a share of all babies, Lynne peaked in 1962.
- Fastest rise: Between 1934 and 1939, Lynne became 4.1× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 1969 and 1974, its share of baby girls fell by 60%, from 1 in 2,080 to 1 in 5,260.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Lynne's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Lynne.
Decade by decade
Babies named Lynne 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 | 154 | 20 | – |
| 1930s | 2,552 | 51 | #483 |
| 1940s | 14,235 | 162 | #153 |
| 1950s | 22,194 | 97 | #155 |
| 1960s | 16,907 | 85 | #219 |
| 1970s | 3,341 | 0 | #685 |
| 1980s | 1,388 | 0 | #1,197 |
| 1990s | 463 | 0 | #2,764 |
| 2000s | 219 | 0 | #8,162 |
| 2010s | 123 | 0 | #10,585 |
| 2020–25 | 50 | 0 | #14,259 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
66.2% of babies named Lynne from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Lynne is most popular
The index compares Lynne'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 Lynne.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 3.50× | 4,944 |
| Rhode Island | 2.96× | 623 |
| Hawaii | 2.31× | 428 |
| Connecticut | 2.21× | 1,419 |
| Maine | 1.85× | 469 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Lynne 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lynne (this page) | 61,626 | 1962 |
| Lynn | 181,412 | 1956 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Lynne's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Lynne.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Lynne (1962).
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