girl's name

Linnet

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 138

Linnet is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2007 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1967, when 12 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1947.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Linnet over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1940s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2007, not a full ten years.

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'40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Linnet by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1940s 11
1950s 18
1960s 43
1970s 34
1980s 9
1990s 10
2000s (to 2007) 10

How popular is Linnet?

In 2007, Linnet was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Linnet is used

England & Wales #4,254 3 in 1998
United States #17,941 5 in 2007

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Linnet

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Linnet also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Linnet over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Linnet

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Linnet — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Linnet

How popular is the name Linnet?

In 2007, Linnet was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Linnet a girl's or a boy's name?

Linnet is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Linnet?

Linnet has 2 syllables.

When was Linnet most popular?

Linnet peaked in 1967, when 12 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.