Lynne

Lynne was the #13,208 girls' name in the US in 2025 (6 babies).

Lynne as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Lynne as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020US
Lynne as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#13,208 (6)—————
2024#13,477 (6)—————
2023#8,486 (12)—————
2022#8,542 (12)———#3,228 (5)—
2021#13,464 (6)—————
2020#11,090 (8)—————
2019#8,597 (12)—————
2018#8,146 (13)—————
2017#8,299 (13)—————
2016#7,602 (15)—————
2015#10,148 (10)—————
2014#11,931 (8)—————
2013#9,036 (12)#5,742 (3)————
2012#7,144 (17)—————
2011#11,181 (9)#4,049 (5)————

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1962 at #164.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1907.

How common is it?

about 1 in 250,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Lynne is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 240,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 120,000 to 1 in 460,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LynneCanadaGirls—too few
LynneEngland & WalesGirls—too few
LynneIrelandGirls—too few
LynneNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LynneNSWGirls—too few
LynneScotlandGirls—too few
LynneUSGirls#13,2086
LynneUSBoys—too few