How Many People Are Named Linnea?
people named Linnea are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 40,868 people in the US has this name
Based on 9,944 babies named Linnea in Social Security records from 1894 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
177 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the name of a flower, also known as the twinflower. The Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus named it after himself, it being his favourite flower.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Linnea in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Linnea alive today is about 35 years old, and 50% are under 30. Half of them were between 14 and 53 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Linnea first appears in the records in 1894 and was given most often in 2015, to 177 babies. In 2025, 149 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1894 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Linnea has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #745, in 1945. In 2025 it ranked #1,449.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,449 |
| Best rank | #745 (1945) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,500 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Linnea alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Linnea were born in California than in any other state: about 1,067 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Linnea was given 9.4 times as often in Minnesota, 4.9 times in Washington and 3.6 times in Illinois.
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