How Many People Are Named Linnet?
people named Linnet are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,824,668 people in the US has this name
Based on 135 babies named Linnet in Social Security records from 1947 to 2007, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
12 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Either a variant of LYNETTE or else from the name of the small bird, a type of finch.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Linnet in English. Counting Linnet and these spellings together, about 54,518 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Linnet in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Linnet alive today is about 53 years old, and 58% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 46 and 62 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Linnet first appears in the records in 1947 and was given most often in 1967, to 12 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2007.
Babies given the name each year, 1947 to 2007
🏆 Rank History
Linnet has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #3,965, in 1967.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #3,965 (1967) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #6,602 in the 1960s |
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