Lynell
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Lynell has been given to 2,784 babies in the U.S. since 1914. 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 1971, with 89 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 70% girls, 30% boys all-time.
Babies named Lynell, 2008
1 in 655,000
Lynell over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Lynell over time
In 2023, Lynell went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
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.
How common is Lynell?
Lynell had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2008, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 2008
- 1 in 655,000
- 6 of 3,930,727 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 315,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2008
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 454,097 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Lynell sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2008 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 454,097 children born in 2008 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lynell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Lynells were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Lynell was born before 1962 — so the typical Lynell is around 63 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1950s
- 23.9% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 10.7%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,571
- People you could plausibly meet
1950s — 23.9% of all recorded uses (469).
Is Lynell 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 1971 (89)
- Years since peak
- 54
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 24.0% average annual change
Spellings of Lynell
Lynell is not the most common spelling — Nell is, with 37.0% against Lynell's 2.6%.
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 Lynell is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Lynell was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 20,000 girls, against 1 in 185,675 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Louisiana1 in 20,000
- 2California1 in 100,000
- 3Illinois1 in —
- 4Michigan1 in —
- 5Minnesota1 in —
- 6Mississippi1 in —
- 7New York1 in —
- 8Pennsylvania1 in —
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. Lynell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Lynell is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Lynell was most concentrated in Illinois — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 533,138 across all states with data. It was least common in Mississippi (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Illinois1 in —
- 2Louisiana1 in —
- 3Mississippi1 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. Lynell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Lynell around the world
Where Lynell 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.
- South Australia1946–1948#248in 1948
Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Lynell by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Lynell
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Lynell
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.