# Lyne (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lyne/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 207 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 202 (98% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

As an English surname, spelling variant of Lind and Line; as an Irish surname, spelling variant of Lane.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 5 | 6,643 |
| 1959 | 10 | 4,191 |
| 1960 | 10 | 4,338 |
| 1961 | 11 | 4,150 |
| 1962 | 8 | 5,129 |
| 1963 | 7 | 5,656 |
| 1964 | 7 | 5,798 |
| 1965 | 10 | 4,377 |
| 1966 | 11 | 4,099 |
| 1967 | 10 | 4,487 |
| 1968 | 8 | 5,445 |
| 1976 | 5 | 10,189 |
| 1977 | 5 | 10,565 |
| 1980 | 8 | 7,825 |
| 2016 | 5 | 17,824 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 5 | 4,349 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |

## People named Lyne

- Lyne Beaumont, Canadian synchronized swimmer
- Lyne Bessette, Canadian cyclist and politician
- Lyne Catherine Jeanne Chardonnet, French actress (1943–1980)

## 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.