Lynette

Girl name

Lynette has been given to 43,445 babies in the U.S. since 1897. It peaked in 1965.

Meaning & origin /lɪˈnɛt/

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

Origin: Welsh

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

43,445

Peak year

1965 (1,413 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1897

10-year trend

▼ -31%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Lynette.

43,694 babies since 1924

43,939 babies since 1880

44,171 babies since 1920

45,349 babies since 1882

40,973 babies since 1927

46,223 babies since 1921

46,260 babies since 1913

40,222 babies since 1939

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