How rare is the name Linette?

4,238 people in the United States have the first name Linette, about 1 in 71,267. It ranks #4,423 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

LINETTE

#4,423

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,238
About
1 in 71,267
This common or more
84%
Who bears it

Of the 4,238 people named Linette, 42.3% reported their origin as White, 34.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 16.8% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Linette peaked in 1970, when 156 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19252025
Peak year
1970
Births that year
156
In 2025*
6 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,285 babies have been given the name since 1925. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Linette by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,740. The largest share of babies named Linette, 37.3%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1920s#11,45212
1930s#10,17411
1940s#4,044147
1950s#2,138620
1960s#1,7401,077
1970s#2,014956
1980s#3,598464
1990s#4,962400
2000s#6,672362
2010s#11,524178
2020s#16,52158
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–451.8%
Baby boom 1946–6427.8%
Generation X 1965–8037.3%
Millennials 1981–9616.8%
Generation Z 1997–1212.5%
2013 and later3.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Linette is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Linette has been most common in New York (3×), California (3×), and Pennsylvania (1.7×), and least common in Florida (0.72×).

1,963 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Linette

1 other first name also has 4,238 people.

#4,423 Naveen · 4,238

Either side of Linette

#4,421 Donita · 4,241#4,422 Gricelda · 4,240#4,423 Naveen · 4,238#4,425 Freeman · 4,236

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Linette, most common first.

#9,217 Linnette · 1,524#18,554 Linet · 580#28,678 Lineth · 312#38,175 Linett · 202#41,825 Linetta · 174#43,063 Lianette · 165#45,674 Linnett · 148

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