Lynell
Lynell is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 197189 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1914
- 2,784people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,961 girls have been named Lynell in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1971, with 89 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 89 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1962, and the 1950s alone account for 24%.
Lynell is used for both sexes: 30% of its bearers are boys (823), most of them born around 1985.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Lynell | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | |
| 1920s | 57 | |
| 1930s | 100 | |
| 1940s | 222 | |
| 1950s | 469 | |
| 1960s | 456 | |
| 1970s | 354 | |
| 1980s | 168 | |
| 1990s | 78 | |
| 2000s | 46 |
In 1971, its biggest year
Lynell was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1971 were Jennifer, Michelle, Lisa, Kimberly and Amy. See all of 1971.
Names that rose and fell with Lynell
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Carlettapeak 1970
- Jeanniepeak 1957
- Sanpeak 1950
- Johnettepeak 1949
- Donitapeak 1962
- Shielapeak 1970
- Nildapeak 1957
- Michelinepeak 1951
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.