# Linnea (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/linnea/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 9,944 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 9,944 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 175, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 130 | 1,649 |
| 2012 | 147 | 1,514 |
| 2013 | 161 | 1,417 |
| 2014 | 157 | 1,452 |
| 2015 | 177 | 1,346 |
| 2016 | 159 | 1,452 |
| 2017 | 154 | 1,462 |
| 2018 | 154 | 1,439 |
| 2019 | 126 | 1,674 |
| 2020 | 125 | 1,651 |
| 2021 | 135 | 1,559 |
| 2022 | 136 | 1,566 |
| 2023 | 150 | 1,467 |
| 2024 | 131 | 1,606 |
| 2025 | 149 | 1,449 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,636 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,643 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,711 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,325 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,689 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,411 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3,035 |

## People named Linnea

- Linnea Quigley, American actress
- Linnea Berthelsen, Danish actress
- Anni-Linnea Alanen, Finnish javelin thrower
- Doris Laine, Finnish ballet dancer (1931–2018)
- Sirkka Sari, Finnish actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.