Linnie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LIN-ee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Linnie is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Linnie mean?
English: pet form of names such as Linda and Caroline
A pet form of names such as Linda and Caroline, used on its own since the 19th century.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Linnie a girl's or a boy's name?
Linnie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Linnie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 84% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Linnie, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 180 girls.
Half of all the girls named Linnie in the US since 1880 were born between 1904 and 1937, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 94% of the babies named Linnie in the US in 1890, and 71% in 1965.
Linnie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 16 | #3,961 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 20 | #3,177 |
| 1971 | 20 | #3,266 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,435 |
| 1969 | 18 | #3,198 |
| 1968 | 18 | #3,056 |
| 1967 | 17 | #3,084 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,265 |
| 1965 | 25 | #2,410 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,514 |
| 1963 | 34 | #2,014 |
| 1962 | 33 | #2,030 |
| 1961 | 30 | #2,149 |
| 1960 | 36 | #1,886 |
| 1959 | 45 | #1,616 |
| 1958 | 36 | #1,819 |
| 1957 | 46 | #1,587 |
| 1956 | 39 | #1,692 |
| 1955 | 38 | #1,666 |
| 1954 | 47 | #1,464 |
| 1953 | 54 | #1,317 |
| 1952 | 67 | #1,155 |
| 1951 | 58 | #1,214 |
| 1950 | 58 | #1,211 |
| 1949 | 72 | #1,055 |
| 1948 | 64 | #1,115 |
| 1947 | 70 | #1,058 |
| 1946 | 55 | #1,147 |
| 1945 | 64 | #968 |
| 1944 | 79 | #855 |
| 1943 | 68 | #952 |
| 1942 | 77 | #887 |
| 1941 | 85 | #783 |
| 1940 | 85 | #752 |
| 1939 | 73 | #805 |
| 1938 | 88 | #731 |
| 1937 | 85 | #734 |
| 1936 | 82 | #733 |
| 1935 | 105 | #635 |
| 1934 | 79 | #751 |
| 1933 | 96 | #666 |
| 1932 | 104 | #656 |
| 1931 | 97 | #678 |
| 1930 | 109 | #657 |
| 1929 | 87 | #752 |
| 1928 | 124 | #632 |
| 1927 | 121 | #655 |
| 1926 | 124 | #647 |
| 1925 | 172 | #547 |
| 1924 | 136 | #641 |
| 1923 | 126 | #662 |
| 1922 | 145 | #596 |
| 1921 | 180 | #528 |
| 1920 | 173 | #541 |
| 1919 | 152 | #558 |
| 1918 | 176 | #523 |
| 1917 | 167 | #516 |
| 1916 | 178 | #477 |
| 1915 | 179 | #460 |
| 1914 | 120 | #509 |
| 1913 | 135 | #425 |
| 1912 | 122 | #425 |
| 1911 | 85 | #439 |
| 1910 | 85 | #432 |
| 1909 | 94 | #383 |
| 1908 | 105 | #348 |
| 1907 | 84 | #387 |
| 1906 | 74 | #399 |
| 1905 | 114 | #315 |
| 1904 | 85 | #354 |
| 1903 | 85 | #341 |
| 1902 | 91 | #324 |
| 1901 | 79 | #344 |
| 1900 | 113 | #310 |
| 1899 | 69 | #355 |
| 1898 | 87 | #334 |
| 1897 | 98 | #286 |
| 1896 | 81 | #324 |
| 1895 | 96 | #288 |
| 1894 | 78 | #313 |
| 1893 | 100 | #268 |
| 1892 | 104 | #259 |
| 1891 | 79 | #277 |
| 1890 | 83 | #273 |
| 1889 | 93 | #242 |
| 1888 | 95 | #237 |
| 1887 | 82 | #234 |
| 1886 | 74 | #240 |
| 1885 | 55 | #266 |
| 1884 | 74 | #220 |
| 1883 | 76 | #194 |
| 1882 | 41 | #271 |
| 1881 | 65 | #189 |
| 1880 | 41 | #240 |
Names like Linnie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Linnie
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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, “Linnie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/linnie, updated 20 October 2026.