Lynna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LIN-uh
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Lynna is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “lake”. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Lynna mean?
Welsh: elaboration of Lynn, from Welsh llyn 'lake'
“lake”
Is Lynna a girl's or a boy's name?
Lynna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lynna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Lynna, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1963, with 40 girls. It first appears in the records in 1918.
2025 had more girls named Lynna than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Lynna in the US since 1880 were born between 1956 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lynna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 25 | #3,998 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,060 |
| 1987 | 27 | #3,328 |
| 1986 | 26 | #3,358 |
| 1985 | 21 | #3,851 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,685 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,166 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,343 |
| 1980 | 19 | #3,991 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 18 | #3,924 |
| 1977 | 27 | #2,908 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,811 |
| 1975 | 36 | #2,278 |
| 1974 | 30 | #2,497 |
| 1973 | 22 | #3,014 |
| 1972 | 27 | #2,598 |
| 1971 | 27 | #2,665 |
| 1970 | 40 | #2,043 |
| 1969 | 23 | #2,768 |
| 1968 | 21 | #2,789 |
| 1967 | 29 | #2,212 |
| 1966 | 17 | #3,039 |
| 1965 | 23 | #2,537 |
| 1964 | 23 | #2,599 |
| 1963 | 40 | #1,838 |
| 1962 | 23 | #2,538 |
| 1961 | 37 | #1,892 |
| 1960 | 22 | #2,572 |
| 1959 | 28 | #2,151 |
| 1958 | 29 | #2,072 |
| 1957 | 29 | #2,027 |
| 1956 | 18 | #2,724 |
| 1955 | 29 | #1,977 |
| 1954 | 24 | #2,185 |
| 1953 | 27 | #1,972 |
| 1952 | 27 | #1,933 |
| 1951 | 34 | #1,636 |
| 1950 | 29 | #1,763 |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,966 |
| 1948 | 29 | #1,738 |
| 1947 | 25 | #1,945 |
| 1946 | 21 | #2,023 |
| 1945 | 17 | #2,059 |
| 1944 | 17 | #2,095 |
| 1943 | 20 | #1,948 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,736 |
| 1939 | 14 | #2,206 |
| 1938 | 13 | #2,340 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,569 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,157 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,343 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
Names like Lynna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lana, Karla, Lisa, Danna, Kendra, Darla, Tara, Linda, Lauren, Kenna, Lara, Kayla
Names related to Lynna
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred
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, “Lynna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lynna, updated 20 October 2026.