# Lynne (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lynne/  
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 | 62,415 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 458 / 61,957 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 28, 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 | 9 | 11,775 |
| 2012 | 17 | 7,333 |
| 2013 | 12 | 9,382 |
| 2014 | 8 | 12,631 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10,585 |
| 2016 | 15 | 7,838 |
| 2017 | 13 | 8,589 |
| 2018 | 13 | 8,422 |
| 2019 | 12 | 8,898 |
| 2020 | 8 | 11,721 |
| 2021 | 6 | 14,561 |
| 2022 | 12 | 8,841 |
| 2023 | 12 | 8,780 |
| 2024 | 6 | 14,558 |
| 2025 | 6 | 14,259 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 8 | 3,112 |
| 1956 | 9 | 2,899 |
| 1957 | 11 | 2,585 |
| 1958 | 9 | 2,950 |
| 1959 | 10 | 2,755 |
| 1960 | 13 | 2,389 |
| 1961 | 5 | 4,432 |
| 1962 | 8 | 3,197 |
| 1963 | 6 | 3,877 |
| 1964 | 12 | 2,500 |
| 1965 | 11 | 2,563 |
| 1966 | 10 | 2,725 |
| 1967 | 5 | 4,331 |
| 1968 | 7 | 3,552 |
| 1969 | 8 | 3,479 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 3,126 |
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,725 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,860 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |

## People named Lynne

- Lynne Thigpen, American actress (1948–2003)
- Lynne Cox, American swimmer
- Lynne Frederick, British actress (1954–1994)
- Lynne Reid Banks, British writer (1929–2024)
- Lynne Carver, American actress (1916-1955)
- Lynne Marie Stewart, American actress (1946–2025)
- Lynne Jewell, American sailor
- Darci Lynne Farmer, American ventriloquist and singer (born 2004)
- Buffy-Lynne Williams, Canadian rower
- Lynne Overman, American actor (1887-1943)
- Lynne E. Maquat, American biochemist
- Lynne M. Tracy, American diplomat, US Ambassador to Russia from 2023

## 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.