# Lynette (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lynette/  
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 | Welsh |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /lɪˈnɛt/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Lynnette |
| US babies named this | 43,445 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 53 / 43,392 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 71, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Welsh Eluned, first used by Tennyson in the Idylls of the King(1859-85), altered by folk etymology to be Lynn + -ette.

## 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 | 91 | 2,112 |
| 2012 | 102 | 1,933 |
| 2013 | 91 | 2,100 |
| 2014 | 77 | 2,384 |
| 2015 | 96 | 2,052 |
| 2016 | 89 | 2,182 |
| 2017 | 69 | 2,561 |
| 2018 | 65 | 2,668 |
| 2019 | 67 | 2,622 |
| 2020 | 78 | 2,297 |
| 2021 | 70 | 2,528 |
| 2022 | 64 | 2,714 |
| 2023 | 69 | 2,576 |
| 2024 | 63 | 2,738 |
| 2025 | 66 | 2,633 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 6 | 3,850 |
| 1961 | 6 | 3,895 |
| 1963 | 6 | 3,876 |
| 1966 | 6 | 3,770 |
| 1967 | 6 | 3,814 |
| 1970 | 5 | 5,166 |
| 1971 | 7 | 4,213 |
| 1974 | 6 | 5,006 |
| 1976 | 5 | 6,137 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 7 | 2,096 |
| 1997 | 4 | 3,174 |
| 1998 | 4 | 3,142 |
| 1999 | 6 | 2,444 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3,262 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3,409 |
| 2004 | 7 | 2,530 |
| 2005 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2006 | 8 | 2,509 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |

## People named Lynette

- Lynette Woodard, American basketball player (born 1959)
- Lynette Yiadom Boakye, British artist (born 1977)
- Lynette Fromme, attempted assassin of Gerald Ford (born 1948)
- Lyn McClements, Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist
- Lyn Bell, Australian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist
- Jennifer Turrall, Australian swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games gold medallist, former world recor

## 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.