Linnet

Girl · recorded 1947–2007

  • 2007last recorded
  • 1967best year

Most popular in 1967.

Last recorded in 2007. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1947

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 21 recorded years as a table
Linnet, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19473
19484
19543
19563
19573
19614
19634
19653
19665
19677
19703
19723
19755
19763
19783
19794
19805
19933
19943
20033
20073

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Linnet isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Linnet

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2007
5
Rank in 2007
#17,636
How rare
1 in 384,523 girls
Since 1947
135

Linnet was last recorded in 2007. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1967, at 7 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Linnet doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.