Lynette

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Lynette: Recorded since 1952, its highest recorded position is #6, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
73times a registrar ranked it
73years from first to last
#6highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for
8names it appears alongside

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#3174
1998	#3142
1999	#2444
2000	#3912
2001	#3262
2002	#3409
2004	#2530
2005	#2682
2006	#2509
2009	#4564
2012	#5876
2013	#5742
2018	#5666
2024	#4843

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 15 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 1970: #94 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, #97 among girls in New Zealand.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1952–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #6 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Highest recorded1952–1970
Highest recorded position: #6 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 1952 (recorded 1952–1970).
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Lynette appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, with 22 ranked years and 144 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Girls, from 1952.

Lynette across 4 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.

Lynette'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
England and Wales · Girls	#2096 (1996)	#2096 (1996)	#4843 (2024)	15 of 29	71 (1996–2024)	8 (2006)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#393 (1967)	#236 (1978)	#502 (1994)	22 of 28	144 (1967–1994)	19 (1978)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#6 (1952)	#6 (1952)	#94 (1970)	19 of 19	7,482 (1952–1970)	756 (1952)
New Zealand · Girls	#11 (1954)	#11 (1954)	#97 (1970)	17 of 17	3,666 (1954–1970)	357 (1954)

Lynette by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Lynette in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	6	2 of 10	3
1970sbusiest	63	7 of 10	9
1980s	62	9 of 10	7
1990s	13	4 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Lynette 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 4 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #6 in New South Wales, Australia in 1955.

Lynette'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	#4843	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	High	Verified
1970	New South Wales, Australia	female	#94	96	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	female	#72	127	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New South Wales, Australia	female	#62	142	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	female	#52	167	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	female	#51	160	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	female	#42	217	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	female	#30	300	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	female	#35	280	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	female	#29	352	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	female	#25	390	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	female	#23	407	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	female	#19	462	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	female	#16	518	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	female	#17	513	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	female	#10	596	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	female	#6	674	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	female	#7	667	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	female	#8	658	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	female	#6	756	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New Zealand	female	#97	69	High	Verified
1969	New Zealand	female	#90	74	High	Verified
1968	New Zealand	female	#64	107	High	Verified
1967	New Zealand	female	#62	103	High	Verified
1966	New Zealand	female	#58	116	High	Verified
1965	New Zealand	female	#43	163	High	Verified
1964	New Zealand	female	#34	196	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	female	#35	207	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	female	#27	235	High	Verified
1961	New Zealand	female	#26	269	High	Verified
1960	New Zealand	female	#27	254	High	Verified
1959	New Zealand	female	#22	302	High	Verified
1958	New Zealand	female	#20	299	High	Verified
1957	New Zealand	female	#20	290	High	Verified
1956	New Zealand	female	#19	308	High	Verified
1955	New Zealand	female	#16	317	High	Verified
1954	New Zealand	female	#11	357	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#457	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	7	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#343	8	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#529	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	12	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#297	12	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#243	18	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#236	19	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#311	10	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	4	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#455	4	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#449	4	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	3	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
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 4 registrars between 1952 and 2024, ranked in 54 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #6, first reached in 1952.

It held a top-100 place in 19 years, 19 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 756 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1952.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1954, and 44 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.

Lyndsay · #242, 22y
Lyndsey · #112, 36y
Lynn · #83, 66y
Lynne · #49, 51y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Debra · #6, 57y
Fionn · #6, 51y
Tadhg · #6, 59y
Cillian · #2, 55y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Belinda · #6, 65y
Ben · #6, 72y
Craig · #6, 72y
Debra · #6, 57y

Comparisons involving Lynette

Existing comparison pages where Lynette 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.

Order changes

Pairs where Lynette and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Karen vs Lynette
In 1956, Karen moved ahead of Lynette in New South Wales, Australia · Girls — #7 and #6 the year before became #6 and #10.
Karen · Lynette · 19 shared years, 1952–1970 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1956 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Deborah vs Lynette
In 1956, Deborah moved ahead of Lynette in New South Wales, Australia · Girls — #12 and #6 the year before became #7 and #10.
Deborah · Lynette · 19 shared years, 1952–1970 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1956 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Judith vs Lynette
In 1954, Lynette moved ahead of Judith in New South Wales, Australia · Girls — #5 and #8 the year before became #8 and #7.
Judith · Lynette · 18 shared years, 1952–1969 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1954 New South Wales, Australia ranking

Compared inside New South Wales, Australia lists

Pairs involving Lynette measured in New South Wales, Australia's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Lynette at its highest position.

Christine vs Lynette
Both reached their highest recorded position in New South Wales, Australia · Girls within 2 years — Christine #1 in 1952, Lynette #6 in 1952.
Christine · Lynette · 19 shared years, 1952–1970 · Peaked in the same years
See the 1952 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Susan vs Lynette
Both reached their highest recorded position in New South Wales, Australia · Girls within 2 years — Susan #1 in 1954, Lynette #6 in 1952.
Susan · Lynette · 19 shared years, 1952–1970 · Peaked in the same years
See the 1954 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Julie vs Lynette
In 1953, Julie moved ahead of Lynette in New South Wales, Australia · Girls — #12 and #6 the year before became #7 and #8.
Julie · Lynette · 19 shared years, 1952–1970 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1953 New South Wales, Australia ranking

New South Wales, Australia overview→

Lynette was ranked #6 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls in 1952. 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.

Lynette 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 Lynette without appearing here.

Lynette moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5666 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5666 and #3518 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Evan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5666 and #3518 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5666 and #5666 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Lynette

Dylan Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2509 and #3548 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #1909.
Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2509 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #2326.
Karin Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2682 and #3382 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #2759.
Ida Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2444 and #2770 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3912 and #2167.

Moved the opposite way to Lynette

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lynette went from #2096 to #4843 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lynette went from #2096 to #4843 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lynette went from #2096 to #4843 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lynette went from #2096 to #4843 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Lynette

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lynette went from #2096 to #4843 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lynette went from #2096 to #4843 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lynette went from #2096 to #4843 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lynette went from #2096 to #4843 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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 4 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #6 in New South Wales, Australia in 1955. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lynette

Lynette at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lynette across 4 official records

Lynette by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Lynette appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Lynette

Order changes

Compared inside New South Wales, Australia lists

Names published alongside Lynette

Lynette and the names beside it

Lynette moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lynette

Moved the opposite way to Lynette

Moved the same way as Lynette

Lynette at a glance

Lynette across 4 official records

Lynette by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Lynette appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Lynette

Order changes

Compared inside New South Wales, Australia lists

Names published alongside Lynette

Lynette and the names beside it

Lynette moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lynette

Moved the opposite way to Lynette

Moved the same way as Lynette