first name
LYNETTE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 37,429 people named Lynette, 63.6% reported their origin as White, 19.2% as Black and 9.9% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Lynette peaked in 1965, when 1,413 babies got the name.
At least 43,445 babies have been given the name since 1897. 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.
Lynette by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #452. The largest share of babies named Lynette, 43.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Lynette is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lynette has been most common in Hawaii (4.7×), South Dakota (3.2×), and North Dakota (3×), and least common in Kentucky (0.2×).
39,030 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.
Either side of Lynette
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lynette, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Lynette ranks #129,703 of 156,621, with 137 people. See Lynette as a last name
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