Linnet

Girls' name

English word name: linnet

Linnet has been given to 135 babies in the U.S. since 1947. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1967, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Linnet, 2007

1 in 800,000

Linnet over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Linnet: meaning, origin, and history

English word name: linnet

English

What Linnet means

Linnet takes the English word linnet into personal-name use.

The older word means “a type of bird”.

Origin, language, and formation

Linnet is used in English. Its origins include English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 135 girls were recorded with the name Linnet between 1947 and 2007. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1967; its best national rank was #3,965 in 1967.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Linnet?

Linnet had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2007, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2007: 1 in 800,000; 5 of 3,997,748 births
Among girls only: 1 in 384,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2007: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 554,207 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Linnet sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2007 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 554,207 children born in 2007 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Linnet. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Linnets were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Linnet was born before 1967 — so the typical Linnet is around 58 today.

Median birth year: 1967; About 58 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 31.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 14.8%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 124; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 31.9% of all recorded uses (43).

Is Linnet rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1967 (12)
Years since peak: 58; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 31.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,965; 1967

Spellings of Linnet

Linnet is not the most common spelling — Lynne is, with 56.1% against Linnet's 0.12%.

Lynne56.1%61,957
Linnea9.0%9,944
Linnie7.2%7,997
Linsey4.6%5,125
Liane3.5%3,879
Lianne2.7%3,013
Lizet2.3%2,528
Jannet2.1%2,319

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Linnet around the world

Where Linnet ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1998–1998
#3,848
in 1998
South Australia
1944–1965
#674
in 1965

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Linnet by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,965; 1967
Peak year: 1967; 12 that year
First recorded: 1947
Last recorded: 2007
All-time count: 135
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Linnet

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Linet Linlee Linkyn Linah Lindee Lindie Lincy Linday Linnaea Linsie Lindyn Lineth Linsy Bemnet Lindzy Cennet Amunet Lindey Bennet Linaya Linzee Linell Linnae Linder

Sibling names for Linnet

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Cami Missy Evette Tonja Rona Nichelle Aretha Brigette

For a brother

Thad Tracey Deron Kraig Kelley Tad Darron Theron

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