How Many People Are Named Lynette?
people named Lynette are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 9,353 people in the US has this name
Based on 43,445 babies named Lynette in Social Security records from 1897 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,413 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Form of LUNED first used by Alfred Lord Tennyson in his poem 'Gareth and Lynette' (1872). In modern times it is also regarded as a diminutive of LYNN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Lynette in English. Counting Lynette and these spellings together, about 54,518 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Lynette (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lynette alive today is about 56 years old, and 48% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 49 and 67 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lynette first appears in the records in 1897 and was given most often in 1965, to 1,413 babies. In 2025, 66 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1897 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lynette has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #225, in 1965 to 1966. In 2025 it ranked #2,633.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,633 |
| Best rank | #225 (1965 to 1966) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #244 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lynette alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lynette were born in California than in any other state: about 4,910 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lynette was given 4.5 times as often in Hawaii, 3.2 times in South Dakota and 3.1 times in North Dakota.
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