How Many People Are Named Linnie?

1,876

people named Linnie are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 182,188 people in the US has this name

Based on 8,709 babies named Linnie in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#7,027

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#3,927

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Peak Year

1921

191 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: LIN-ee
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Diminutive of LINDA and other names beginning with Lin.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
85.1%
Male
14.9%

Of the babies given the name Linnie, 85.1% were girls and 14.9% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Linnie fell from 100% in the 1880s to 71.9% in the 1970s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Linnie alive today is about 66 years old, and 74% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 59 and 81 in 2025.

Under 30 143
7.6%
30 to 59 342
18.2%
60 and over 1,391
74.1%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Linnie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1921, to 191 babies. In 2025, 14 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Linnie has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #189, in 1881. In 2025 it ranked #7,713.

Girls
Rank in 2025#7,713
Best rank#189 (1881)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#482 in the 1910s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Linnie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Linnie were born in Mississippi than in any other state: about 134 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Linnie was given 7 times as often in Mississippi, 4.7 times in Arkansas and 4.7 times in Tennessee.

Mississippi 134
Texas 123
Tennessee 63
Alabama 46
Arkansas 37
Georgia 36
North Carolina 22
Louisiana 16
Florida 16
Kentucky 13
South Carolina 7
Missouri 5
Oklahoma 4
West Virginia 2

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