Lynnea
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lih-NAY-a
- Origin
- Scandinavian
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Lynnea is a girls' name of Scandinavian origin, meaning “twinflower”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Lynnea mean?
Scandinavian: variant of Linnea
“twinflower”
Linnea is the twinflower, named after the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus.
Is Lynnea a girl's or a boy's name?
Lynnea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lynnea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Lynnea, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1938.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Lynnea than any year since 1974.
Half of all the girls named Lynnea in the US since 1880 were born between 1969 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lynnea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,484 |
| 2011 | 43 | #3,602 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 34 | #4,369 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 23 | #5,891 |
| 2006 | 28 | #4,952 |
| 2005 | 27 | #4,824 |
| 2004 | 28 | #4,703 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 35 | #3,726 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 30 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 33 | #3,570 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,448 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 35 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 31 | #3,431 |
| 1989 | 30 | #3,396 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 23 | #3,643 |
| 1985 | 20 | #3,982 |
| 1984 | 31 | #2,850 |
| 1983 | 24 | #3,339 |
| 1982 | 34 | #2,704 |
| 1981 | 23 | #3,532 |
| 1980 | 30 | #2,940 |
| 1979 | 21 | #3,667 |
| 1978 | 21 | #3,512 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,760 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,361 |
| 1975 | 24 | #2,969 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,480 |
| 1972 | 18 | #3,404 |
| 1971 | 18 | #3,507 |
| 1970 | 24 | #2,856 |
| 1969 | 15 | #3,618 |
| 1968 | 17 | #3,168 |
| 1967 | 18 | #2,963 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,197 |
| 1965 | 22 | #2,604 |
| 1964 | 19 | #2,914 |
| 1963 | 13 | #3,634 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1961 | 19 | #2,838 |
| 1960 | 17 | #2,988 |
| 1959 | 14 | #3,253 |
| 1958 | 15 | #3,084 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,308 |
| 1956 | 19 | #2,621 |
| 1955 | 20 | #2,471 |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,489 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,811 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,693 |
| 1950 | 20 | #2,184 |
| 1949 | 15 | #2,619 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,349 |
| 1947 | 16 | #2,529 |
| 1946 | 28 | #1,677 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 17 | #2,095 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,984 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,206 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
Nicknames for Lynnea
- Lynn 5 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Lynnea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Liana, Fiona, Brianna, Andrea, Leanna, Leilani, Cassidy, Kiara, Alanna, Alana, Mckenna, Lauren
Names related to Lynnea
More Scandinavian names
Kaia, Jenson, Jensen, Maren, Gustavo, Anders, Stellan, Iverson, Kari, Kaja, Larson, Olsen, Nea, Ronya, Jensyn, Soley
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, “Lynnea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lynnea, updated 20 October 2026.