Lynne

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Lynne: Recorded since 1952, its highest recorded position is #49, and it was last ranked in 2013.

4registrars recorded it
66times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#49highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2013

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1998	#3848
2004	#3725
2006	#4157
2008	#3860
2011	#4049
2013	#5742

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 Republic of Ireland in 34 of the 43 years from 1964 to 2006.

In 2006: #764 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4157 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1952–2013 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #49 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 recorded1952–1964
Highest recorded position: #49 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 1952 (recorded 1952–1964).
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Most recent2013
Most recently recorded at #5742 among girls in England and Wales, in 2013.
England and Wales · Girls

Lynne appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, with 34 ranked years and 372 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Girls, from 1952.

Lynne 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.

Lynne'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#372 (1964)	#203 (1983)	#764 (2006)	34 of 43	372 (1964–2006)	25 (1982)
England and Wales · Girls	#3126 (1996)	#3126 (1996)	#5742 (2013)	7 of 18	28 (1996–2013)	5 (2008)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#49 (1952)	#49 (1952)	#89 (1964)	13 of 13	1,736 (1952–1964)	179 (1953)
New Zealand · Girls	#62 (1954)	#62 (1954)	#93 (1965)	12 of 12	1,025 (1954–1965)	105 (1959)

Lynne 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 Lynne in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	18	5 of 10	4
1970s	117	10 of 10	12
1980sbusiest	178	10 of 10	18
1990s	56	8 of 10	7
2000s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 18 births a year.

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

Lynne 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 2013. Highest recorded position: #49 in New South Wales, Australia in 1952.

Lynne'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
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
1964	New South Wales, Australia	female	#89	90	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	female	#85	91	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	female	#83	103	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	female	#75	124	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	female	#64	137	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	female	#65	134	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	female	#73	113	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	female	#65	137	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	female	#59	155	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	female	#55	167	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	female	#69	129	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	female	#51	179	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	female	#49	177	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New Zealand	female	#93	68	High	Verified
1964	New Zealand	female	#81	84	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	female	#92	80	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	female	#97	75	High	Verified
1961	New Zealand	female	#81	93	High	Verified
1960	New Zealand	female	#83	88	High	Verified
1959	New Zealand	female	#71	105	High	Verified
1958	New Zealand	female	#75	87	High	Verified
1957	New Zealand	female	#81	79	High	Verified
1956	New Zealand	female	#74	81	High	Verified
1955	New Zealand	female	#68	93	High	Verified
1954	New Zealand	female	#62	92	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#440	5	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	7	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#411	5	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#385	6	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	10	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#338	8	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#281	11	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#285	11	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#290	11	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	13	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#227	17	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	14	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#223	19	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#203	24	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#211	25	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#230	21	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#220	23	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#299	13	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#266	14	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#227	19	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#236	18	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#297	10	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#264	14	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	6	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#389	5	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#289	9	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#282	9	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#351	5	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	4	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	3	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#385	3	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#372	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 2013, ranked in 51 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #49, first reached in 1952.

It held a top-100 place in 14 years, 14 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 179 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1953.

Its record falls into 7 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.

Lynette · #6, 54y
Lynn · #83, 66y
Lynsey · #119, 32y
Lyon · #1869, 24y

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.

Oran · #49, 54y
Dion · #50, 46y
Alva · #47, 47y
Aron · #52, 53y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

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

Bronwyn · #49, 70y
Jannicke · #49, 56y
Leonie · #49, 73y
Terry · #49, 72y

Lynne was ranked #49 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.

Lynne 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 Lynne without appearing here.

Lynne moved ahead of

Kristy Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3860 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4049 and #5785.
Jan Compare
In 1975 they stood at #372 and #327 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1976 that had become #236 and #497.
Ida Compare
In 1969 they stood at #385 and #325 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1970 that had become #282 and #447.
Tania Compare
In 1975 they stood at #297 and #262 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1976 that had become #236 and #392.

Moved ahead of Lynne

Liv Compare
In 2003 they stood at #3126 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #3725 and #1836.
Selma Compare
In 2003 they stood at #3126 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #3725 and #2112.
Luca Compare
In 1997 they stood at #3126 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3848 and #2407.
Eabha Compare
In 2005 they stood at #440 and #496 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #764 and #60.

Moved the opposite way to Lynne

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 2006 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lynne went from #372 to #764 while Aisling went from #154 to #28.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2006 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lynne went from #372 to #764 while Alexandra went from #222 to #79.
Amelia Compare
Between 1964 and 2006 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lynne went from #372 to #764 while Amelia went from #300 to #74.
Aoife Compare
Between 1964 and 2006 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lynne went from #372 to #764 while Aoife went from #206 to #4.

Moved the same way as Lynne

Alice Compare
Between 1964 and 2006 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lynne went from #372 to #764 and Alice from #57 to #80.
Alma Compare
Between 1964 and 2006 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lynne went from #372 to #764 and Alma from #327 to #764.
Amanda Compare
Between 1964 and 2006 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lynne went from #372 to #764 and Amanda from #118 to #178.
Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 2006 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lynne went from #372 to #764 and Angela from #24 to #303.

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 2013. Highest recorded position: #49 in New South Wales, Australia in 1952. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Lynne

Lynne at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lynne across 4 official records

Lynne by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Lynne appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Lynne and the names beside it

Lynne moved ahead of

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Lynne at a glance

Lynne across 4 official records

Lynne by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Lynne appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Lynne

Lynne and the names beside it

Lynne moved ahead of

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