Lynne
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LIN
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Lynne is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “lake”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Lynne mean?
Welsh: variant of Lynn, linked to Welsh llyn 'lake'
“lake”
Also used as a short form of names such as Linda and Carolyn.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Lynne a girl's or a boy's name?
Lynne is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lynne in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lynne in the UK since 1996 were born between 1996 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1954 (#39) and 1964 (#71).
Lynne in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 2 | #5,117 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 17 | #1,179 |
How popular is Lynne in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Lynne, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1960, with 2,458 girls. It first appears in the records in 1907.
Half of all the girls named Lynne in the US since 1880 were born between 1949 and 1962, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 91 girls in the US were given Lynne or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,814, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
Lynne in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,571 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 35 | #3,699 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,286 |
| 1999 | 40 | #3,185 |
| 1998 | 27 | #4,139 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,236 |
| 1996 | 34 | #3,356 |
| 1995 | 44 | #2,730 |
| 1994 | 41 | #2,872 |
| 1993 | 42 | #2,820 |
| 1992 | 55 | #2,346 |
| 1991 | 75 | #1,871 |
| 1990 | 80 | #1,792 |
| 1989 | 87 | #1,596 |
| 1988 | 103 | #1,375 |
| 1987 | 112 | #1,257 |
| 1986 | 114 | #1,215 |
| 1985 | 118 | #1,193 |
| 1984 | 132 | #1,059 |
| 1983 | 167 | #902 |
| 1982 | 168 | #900 |
| 1981 | 175 | #875 |
| 1980 | 212 | #778 |
| 1979 | 205 | #778 |
| 1978 | 221 | #714 |
| 1977 | 226 | #692 |
| 1976 | 205 | #714 |
| 1975 | 219 | #684 |
| 1974 | 279 | #573 |
| 1973 | 351 | #496 |
| 1972 | 424 | #445 |
| 1971 | 549 | #395 |
| 1970 | 662 | #368 |
| 1969 | 811 | #317 |
| 1968 | 945 | #282 |
| 1967 | 1,068 | #256 |
| 1966 | 1,172 | #246 |
| 1965 | 1,501 | #219 |
| 1964 | 1,893 | #193 |
| 1963 | 2,201 | #174 |
| 1962 | 2,458 | #164 |
| 1961 | 2,400 | #170 |
| 1960 | 2,458 | #164 |
| 1959 | 2,234 | #172 |
| 1958 | 2,135 | #176 |
| 1957 | 2,373 | #160 |
| 1956 | 2,369 | #156 |
| 1955 | 2,349 | #155 |
| 1954 | 2,267 | #157 |
| 1953 | 2,041 | #159 |
| 1952 | 2,265 | #150 |
| 1951 | 2,221 | #144 |
| 1950 | 1,940 | #152 |
| 1949 | 1,836 | #159 |
| 1948 | 1,682 | #166 |
| 1947 | 1,971 | #149 |
| 1946 | 1,764 | #153 |
| 1945 | 1,524 | #153 |
| 1944 | 1,226 | #174 |
| 1943 | 1,311 | #178 |
| 1942 | 1,235 | #180 |
| 1941 | 944 | #200 |
| 1940 | 742 | #226 |
| 1939 | 688 | #236 |
| 1938 | 598 | #258 |
| 1937 | 403 | #309 |
| 1936 | 286 | #375 |
| 1935 | 171 | #482 |
| 1934 | 159 | #510 |
| 1933 | 90 | #683 |
| 1932 | 67 | #846 |
| 1931 | 55 | #931 |
| 1930 | 35 | #1,274 |
| 1929 | 24 | #1,597 |
| 1928 | 24 | #1,679 |
| 1927 | 36 | #1,331 |
| 1926 | 34 | #1,356 |
| 1925 | 36 | #1,324 |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,612 |
| 1923 | 34 | #1,350 |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,957 |
| 1921 | 19 | #2,048 |
| 1920 | 32 | #1,407 |
| 1919 | 27 | #1,527 |
| 1918 | 28 | #1,497 |
| 1917 | 25 | #1,507 |
| 1916 | 21 | #1,689 |
| 1915 | 20 | #1,672 |
| 1914 | 19 | #1,480 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,883 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,980 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,191 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,140 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,471 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,439 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,512 |
Names like Lynne
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Charlotte Connie Michelle Bonnie Jane Ffion Billie Anne Eve Alice Faye Brooke
Other spellings of Lynne
Names related to Lynne
More Welsh names
Dylan Owen Winnie Maddox Morgan Idris Reese Bowen Griffin Rhys Gavin Reece Nia Seren Gwendolyn Winifred
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, “Lynne: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lynne, updated 20 October 2026.