Linnaea
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lin-NEE-a
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Linnaea is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “twinflower”. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Linnaea mean?
Latin: botanical Latin, honouring Carl Linnaeus
“twinflower”
Linnaea is the twinflower, named after the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus, who chose it as his emblem.
Is Linnaea a girl's or a boy's name?
Linnaea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Linnaea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Linnaea, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2018, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1966.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Linnaea than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Linnaea in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Linnaea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
Nicknames for Linnaea
Names like Linnaea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luna Brynlee Briella Teagan Mckenna Lennon Londyn Kennedy Lakelynn Lyanna Legacy Lainey
Names related to Linnaea
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian Clara
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Linnaea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/linnaea, updated 20 October 2026.