Linnea

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Linnea: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Linnea: Recorded since 1978, it reached #2 in 2008, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
71times a registrar ranked it
48years from first to last
#2highest recorded position
19groupings it qualifies for
3names it appears alongside

What stands out in Linnea's record

Held a top-100 place for 25 years running. Names by top-100 run

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#3174
2000	#3912
2003	#3594
2004	#3725
2005	#2084
2006	#2509
2008	#3397
2009	#3422
2010	#2392
2011	#2636
2012	#4171
2013	#3536
2014	#4003
2015	#2496
2016	#4096
2017	#4763
2018	#3178
2019	#2643
2020	#3117
2021	#2711
2022	#2325
2023	#2689
2024	#2411

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 46 of the 48 years from 1978 to 2025.

In 2024: #41 among girls in Norway, #2411 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1978–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1978
First recorded at #626 among girls in Norway in 1978 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1978–2025
Highest recorded position: #2 among girls in Norway, in 2008 (recorded 1978–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #31 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Linnea appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 46 years beginning in 1978, and has registered 6,107 births with the name.

Linnea across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Linnea's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#626 (1978)	#2 (2008)	#31 (2025)	46 of 48	6,107 (1978–2025)	502 (2008)
England and Wales · Girls	#2683 (1996)	#2084 (2005)	#2411 (2024)	24 of 29	167 (1996–2024)	11 (2022)

Linnea by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Linnea in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	4	1 of 10	4
1980s	92	9 of 10	10
1990s	330	10 of 10	33
2000s	2,179	10 of 10	218
2010sbusiest	2,568	10 of 10	257
2020s	934	6 of 10	156

Across Norway · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 257 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2007 and 2008, when recorded births rose by 180, from 322 to 502.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Linnea appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1978 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #2 in Norway in 2008.

Linnea's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2411	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2689	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2325	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2084	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#31	167	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#41	137	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#30	171	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#33	150	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#37	144	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#32	165	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#28	172	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#32	162	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#27	186	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#17	224	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#19	232	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#12	275	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#13	264	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#5	348	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#10	317	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#5	388	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#6	390	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#2	502	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#12	322	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#18	270	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#28	202	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#41	161	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#54	125	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#83	78	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#97	72	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#120	57	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#114	60	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#134	51	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#151	44	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#169	35	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#167	38	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#196	29	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#271	18	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#291	16	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#272	19	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#269	20	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#308	16	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#355	13	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#353	13	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#319	15	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#426	10	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#514	7	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#650	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#539	6	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#459	8	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#626	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1978 and 2025, ranked in 46 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2, first reached in 2008.

It held a top-100 place in 25 years, 25 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 502 births, registered in Norway in 2008.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 38 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Link · #1688, 11y
Linn · #2, 65y
Linsey · #343, 17y
Linus · #49, 34y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Amalie · #6, 45y
Sadhbh · #32, 50y
Lukasz · #34, 50y
Marcin · #42, 49y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Cillian · #2, 55y
Lauren · #2, 50y
Lucas · #2, 46y
Ryan · #2, 55y

Comparisons involving Linnea

Existing comparison pages where Linnea and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Linnea in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Thea vs Linnea
Both reached their highest recorded position in Norway · Girls within 2 years — Thea #1 in 2006, Linnea #2 in 2008.
Thea · Linnea · 46 shared years, 1978–2025 · Peaked in the same years
See the 2008 Norway ranking
Linnea vs Kristine
In Norway · Girls, Linnea moved into the top 50 at #28 in 2005 as Kristine fell out of it to #51, having been #39 the year before.
Linnea · Kristine · 46 shared years, 1978–2025 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2005 Norway ranking
Linnea vs Marie
In Norway · Girls, Linnea moved into the top 50 at #30 in 2023 as Marie fell out of it to #51, having been #31 the year before.
Linnea · Marie · 46 shared years, 1978–2025 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2023 Norway ranking

Linnea was ranked #2 in Norway · Girls in 2008. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Linnea and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Linnea without appearing here.

Linnea moved ahead of

Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2689 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #5891.
Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2509 and #2509 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2392 and #5707.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3178 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2643 and #5591.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2711 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Linnea

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4003 and #1628.
Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2636 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4171 and #1893.
Eabha Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2636 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4171 and #2338.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2711 and #1286.

Moved the opposite way to Linnea

Anita Compare
Between 1978 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Linnea went from #626 to #31 while Anita went from #17 to #459.
Anne Compare
Between 1978 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Linnea went from #626 to #31 while Anne went from #2 to #159.
Aud Compare
Between 1978 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Linnea went from #626 to #31 while Aud went from #211 to #427.
Bjørg Compare
Between 1978 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Linnea went from #626 to #31 while Bjørg went from #144 to #369.

Moved the same way as Linnea

Ada Compare
Between 1978 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Linnea went from #626 to #31 and Ada from #592 to #18.
Alice Compare
Between 1978 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Linnea went from #626 to #31 and Alice from #323 to #182.
Alma Compare
Between 1978 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Linnea went from #626 to #31 and Alma from #324 to #8.
Amalie Compare
Between 1978 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Linnea went from #626 to #31 and Amalie from #593 to #25.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1978 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #2 in Norway in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Linnea

Linnea at a glance

What stands out in Linnea's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Linnea across 2 official records

Linnea by decade in Norway · Girls

Linnea appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Comparisons involving Linnea

Longest shared records

Names published alongside Linnea

Linnea and the names beside it

Linnea moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Linnea

Moved the opposite way to Linnea

Moved the same way as Linnea

Linnea at a glance

What stands out in Linnea's record

Linnea across 2 official records

Linnea by decade in Norway · Girls

Linnea appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Comparisons involving Linnea

Longest shared records

Names published alongside Linnea

Linnea and the names beside it

Linnea moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Linnea

Moved the opposite way to Linnea

Moved the same way as Linnea