Lynette
Lynette was the 2633rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 66 babies. Its best year was 1965, when it ranked 225th with 1,413 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 581 places. More babies were named Lynette in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Meaning Origin uncertain · Welsh, English
Say it lih-NET /lɪˈnɛt/
- Rank in 2025
- #2,633 girls, down 336 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 66girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19651,413 babies
- Total since 1880
- 43,445babies recorded
What does the name Lynette mean?
Lynette was first used by Tennyson in his Idylls of the King (1859–85), where Lynette is a lady of Arthur's court. Wiktionary takes it as an English rendering of the Welsh name Eluned, reshaped to look like Lynn plus the French ending -ette. The meaning of Eluned is not given in our sources. Lynette was most popular in the US in the 1960s.
Eluned (Welsh, “a Welsh woman's name”)
How sure is this? Uncertain. The Tennyson origin is clear; the meaning of the underlying Welsh Eluned is not documented in our sources.
Related names: Lynnette, Linette, Lynn, Eluned.
See also: Welsh names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Lynette', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Wikipedia, 'Lynnette', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation)
Lynette popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 53 since 1959.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,633 | 66 |
| 2020 | #2,297 | 78 |
| 2010 | #1,907 | 106 |
| 2000 | #1,466 | 126 |
| 1990 | #823 | 238 |
| 1980 | #485 | 433 |
| 1970 | #264 | 1,157 |
| 1960 | #253 | 1,213 |
| 1950 | #269 | 811 |
| 1940 | #582 | 145 |
| 1930 | #1,111 | 45 |
| 1920 | #1,266 | 37 |
| 1910 | #1,868 | 8 |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Lynette, counting every spelling?
Lynette is the most common spelling of a name family that had 89 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 89 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lynette | 66 | #2,633 | 332 |
| Lynnette | 17 | #6,720 | 84 |
| Linette | 6 | #14,215 | 44 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Lynette?
66 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Lynette (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Lynette born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 127 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Lynette.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Lynette?
About 36,200 people born in the US named Lynette are alive today, with a median age of 60; half are between 50 and 68. That makes Lynette a name most people associate with older generations.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Lynette by state
How common Lynette was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (1.8×), Texas (1.8×). In 45 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Lynette: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Lynette, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Lynette · Sibling names for Lynette
Questions about the name Lynette
What does Lynette mean?
The origin of Lynette is uncertain: the Tennyson origin is clear; the meaning of the underlying Welsh Eluned is not documented in our sources.
How popular is the name Lynette?
Lynette was the 2633rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 66 babies. Its best year was 1965, when it ranked 225th with 1,413 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 581 places. More babies were named Lynette in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Is Lynette a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Lynette in the US.
Where is Lynette most popular?
In 2021–2025, Lynette was most common in California (0.07 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Arizona.