Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Lynell**

#3,615 most common girls' name of all time · #6,174 across all names · 30% male / 70% female · used 1914–2023 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#3,615
Rank overall
#6,174 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
99 of 146
All-time
2,784
Since 2016
24
Peak year
1971 #1,248
Best rank
#1,248 1971
Girls Boys peak 103/yr
192019401960198020002020

Lynell first appears in 1914. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2023 5 5
2019 6 6
2017 7 7
2016 6 6
2015 9 9
2014 7 7
2012 6 6
2011 6 6
2010 8 8
2009 5 5
2008 6 5 11 #15,538
2006 10 10
2005 7 6 13 #13,112
2004 6 8 14 #14,307
2003 5 7 12 #15,940
2002 6 8 14 #13,723
2001 10 6 16 #9,413
2000 6 6 12 #13,291
1999 5 5 10 #14,573
1998 6 6 12 #12,546
1997 11 7 18 #7,801
1996 11 11
1995 14 14
1994 7 7
1993 11 15 26 #7,581
1992 11 15 26 #7,579
1991 16 10 26 #5,715
1990 18 10 28 #5,093
1989 14 11 25 #5,906
1988 14 7 21 #5,655
1987 13 13 26 #5,660
1986 9 8 17 #7,233
1985 17 22 39 #4,503
1984 19 10 29 #4,045
1983 21 15 36 #3,724
1982 13 11 24 #5,269
1981 22 15 37 #3,646
1980 26 18 44 #3,235
1979 25 13 38 #3,268
1978 21 12 33 #3,543
1977 23 11 34 #3,298
1976 18 14 32 #3,713
1975 23 9 32 #3,089
1974 26 8 34 #2,781
1973 36 13 49 #2,188
1972 47 16 63 #1,816
1971 89 14 103 #1,248
1970 46 12 58 #1,886
1969 29 17 46 #2,420
1968 53 12 65 #1,585
1967 41 14 55 #1,831
1966 39 15 54 #1,843
1965 53 8 61 #1,537
1964 42 16 58 #1,822
1963 56 14 70 #1,498
1962 52 7 59 #1,563
1961 43 15 58 #1,752
1960 48 15 63 #1,625
1959 39 15 54 #1,783
1958 52 21 73 #1,491
1957 51 8 59 #1,501
1956 59 11 70 #1,356
1955 45 12 57 #1,526
1954 54 13 67 #1,372
1953 38 10 48 #1,608
1952 49 10 59 #1,395
1951 45 11 56 #1,410
1950 37 12 49 #1,541
1949 46 14 60 #1,363
1948 31 9 40 #1,695
1947 33 9 42 #1,685
1946 26 5 31 #1,796
1945 16 7 23 #2,205
1944 19 19 #2,010
1943 13 6 19 #2,649
1942 18 18 #2,100
1941 8 8 16 #3,432
1940 12 12 #2,522
1939 11 10 21 #2,689
1938 12 12 #2,542
1937 11 11 #2,685
1936 9 5 14 #3,024
1935 12 12 #2,545
1934 9 10 19 #3,085
1933 11 11 #2,647
1932 14 14 #2,347
1931 6 6 #4,098
1930 5 5 #4,877
1929 8 8 #3,586
1928 8 8 #3,643
1926 8 8 #3,753
1925 8 8 #3,926
1924 5 5 10 #5,424
1923 9 9 #3,573
1922 5 5 #5,333
1921 6 6 #4,793
1919 6 6 #4,578
1915 6 6
1914 5 5 #4,123