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Linnea

Gender
Girl
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#3,101 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,443 for girls

Linnea is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 1,443rd for girls in the US (149 babies).

What does Linnea mean?

Latin

A female given name from Latin of Swedish origin, occasionally used since the twentieth century.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Linnea a girl's or a boy's name?

Linnea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 149 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Linnea in the UK?

Rank in 2025
3,101st among girls
Babies in 2025
8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 4% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Linnea, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 12 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Linnea than any year since 2017.

Half of all the girls named Linnea in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 12 in 20102025
Linnea in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20258#3,101
202411#2,480
20239#2,841
202211#2,450
202111#2,478
20209#2,766
20199#2,792
20189#2,825
20174#4,967
20166#3,788
201511#2,458
20146#3,702
20136#3,719
20125#4,390
201110#2,582
201012#2,234
20096#3,603
20087#3,203
20070–
20068#2,657
200510#2,206
20044#3,916
20035#3,233
20020–
20010–
20003#4,074
19990–
19981#5,152
19974#3,345
19965#2,815

How popular is Linnea in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,443rd among girls
Babies in 2025
149 about 1 in 11,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 6% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 149 girls in the US were named Linnea, making it the 1,443rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,649th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 177 girls. It first appears in the records in 1894.

Half of all the girls named Linnea in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.

1894Busiest: 177 in 20152025
Linnea in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025149#1,443
2024131#1,598
2023150#1,465
2022136#1,560
2021135#1,554
2020125#1,649
2019126#1,668
2018154#1,435
2017154#1,460
2016159#1,446
2015177#1,337
2014157#1,446
2013161#1,413
2012147#1,510
2011130#1,646
2010147#1,521
2009140#1,602
2008149#1,547
2007143#1,579
2006160#1,415
2005137#1,513
2004130#1,532
2003143#1,389
2002126#1,499
2001106#1,697
2000124#1,479
1999117#1,474
1998127#1,361
1997117#1,417
1996123#1,366
1995112#1,436
1994121#1,365
1993118#1,383
1992126#1,326
1991123#1,331
1990115#1,368
198992#1,537
198898#1,419
198783#1,530
198699#1,327
198586#1,444
198480#1,446
198390#1,328
1982111#1,210
1981115#1,158
198083#1,460
197990#1,364
197887#1,358
197774#1,483
197673#1,433
197580#1,342
197450#1,772
197360#1,548
197247#1,804
197178#1,364
197061#1,570
196962#1,499
196856#1,519
196752#1,559
196664#1,368
196571#1,274
196478#1,246
196369#1,330
196281#1,224
196174#1,287
196075#1,265
195982#1,173
195880#1,188
195793#1,082
195696#1,042
1955103#983
1954104#944
1953107#905
1952104#905
1951113#839
1950108#849
1949105#857
1948102#862
194799#884
1946106#802
1945101#741
194470#918
194386#838
194263#987
194144#1,117
194046#1,062
193937#1,194
193833#1,268
193721#1,679
193620#1,691
193527#1,418
193417#1,913
193325#1,470
193219#1,816
193120#1,749
193013#2,424
192917#2,010
192816#2,193
192723#1,770
192619#1,996
192516#2,282
192425#1,723
192324#1,736
19229#3,377
192125#1,723
192024#1,708
191942#1,133
191853#989
191743#1,079
191647#1,005
191539#1,075
191428#1,147
191342#810
191235#846
191116#1,113
191015#1,171
190917#990
190812#1,203
190711#1,206
190610#1,229
190512#1,093
190414#965
190313#969
19029#1,219
190110#1,067
19008#1,430
18990–
18987#1,379
18970–
18960–
18950–
18945#1,484

Names like Linnea

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Aurora, Lucia, Emilia, Liana, Athena, Elena, Olivia, Thea, Fatima, Lilia, Lyla, Lara

Names related to Linnea

Lina, Lianna, Lianne, Lynnea, Linnie, Linnaea, Linna

More Latin names

Oliver, Leo, Roman, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony, Austin

Every Latin name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Linnea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/linnea, updated 20 October 2026.