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Linnie

#7,713 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Tender, soft, through Linda

Linnie has been given to 8,709 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #7,713 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1921, with 180 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 92% girls, 8% boys all-time.

Babies named Linnie, 2025

1 in 237,000

Linnie over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Linnie over time

In 2025, Linnie went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

18802025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Linnie: meaning, origin, and history

Tender, soft, through Linda

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Linnie means

Linnie belongs to the name family reached through Linnie → Linda. Its meaning is “tender, soft”.

Origin, language, and formation

Linnie is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Linda.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 7,997 girls were recorded with the name Linnie between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 180 in 1921; its best national rank was #189 in 1881.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #12,922 in 2020 to #7,713 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #12,498 in 2015 to #7,713 in 2025.

In the United States, 712 boys were recorded with the name Linnie between 1890 and 1989. Its highest annual count was 19 in 1961; its best national rank was #926 in 1908.

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 Linnie?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 237,000
14 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 115,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#7,713
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
164,137 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Linnie 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 2025 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 164,137 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Linnie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Linnies were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Linnie was born before 1920 — so the typical Linnie is around 105 today.

Median birth year
1920
About 105 years old
Biggest decade
1910s
17.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
1.7%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
1,078
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1910s — 17.5% of all recorded uses (1,399).

Is Linnie 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
+94
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+5,209
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+4,785
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.75×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
7.8%
Peak was 1921 (180)
Years since peak
104
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#189
1881

Spellings of Linnie

Linnie is not the most common spelling — Annie is, with 19.9% against Linnie's 0.44%.

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.

Where Linnie is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Linnie was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 4,167 girls, against 1 in 21,490 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

024 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 4,167
  2. 2Arkansas1 in 6,250
  3. 3Alabama1 in 7,143
  4. 4Tennessee1 in 8,333
  5. 5Georgia1 in 14,286
  6. 6Kentucky1 in 16,667
  7. 7Oklahoma1 in 16,667
  8. 8Texas1 in 20,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Linnie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Linnie is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Linnie was most concentrated in North Carolina — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,820,356 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1North Carolina1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Linnie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Linnie around the world

Where Linnie 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
    2023–2023
    #5,688
    in 2023

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Linnie in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Linnie. Linked forms have their own page here.

LinnLinne

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Linnie by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#7,713
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 5,209
Best rank ever
#189
1881
Peak year
1921
180 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
7,997
Count in 2025
14

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#926
1908
Peak year
1961
19 that year
First recorded
1890
Last recorded
1989
All-time count
712
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Linnie

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

LinneaLinseyLindyRonnieLinetteLonnieLindenBennieMarnieJonniePennieLinleyJoanieSydnieJohnieLennieJannieJeanieVonnieLincolnVinnieSunnieLanieMelonie

Names with a curve like Linnie

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Linnie, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

GertieLuraMittieDovieOnaArtieVestaAlphaLydaBlanchVinaDessie

Sibling names for Linnie

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

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