Lynlee
Feminine · “lake and meadow”
Lynlee joins Lyn to the -lee ending, and Lynn behind it is the Welsh llyn — a lake, the same word in Llyn Tegid and a hundred Welsh waters.
How old is the name Lynlee?
Lynlee first appears in US birth records in 1962 — 63 years ago. The typical Lynlee is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 2,000 people named Lynlee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lynlee most popular?
Lynlee peaked in 2023, reaching #1656 nationally. Today it ranks #1747, 91 places below that high. See the whole 2023 chart.
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Where it comes from
From llyn to Lynlee
The story of Lynlee
Lynn rose enormously as an American girls' name in the mid-twentieth century and became one of the most-used middle names in the country. From the 2000s American families began putting it at the front of compounds as well as the back. Lynlee appears in the registers in the 2010s and is in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
lake and meadow
A compound of Lynn, from the Welsh llyn, 'lake', and the -lee ending from the Old English leah, 'wood' or 'clearing'. Lynn may also descend from Linda. Both elements are genuine in their own languages; the joining is a modern American practice.
How the name formed
- llyn
- Lynn
- Lynlee
Related forms: Lynleigh · Linlee · Llyn
Pronouncing Lynlee
LIN-lee
Two syllables, stress on the first. Lynlee and Lynleigh are said identically.
Nicknames for Lynlee
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1962
- Most girls named
- 2023125 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1656reached in 2023
- Change vs 2024
- +14.9%116 in 2025, from 101
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Lynlee in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Lynleigh in English — spelling variant
- Linlee in English — spelling variant
- Llyn in Welsh — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee.
Lynlees among us
people named Lynlee are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 13,856 born in 2025 was named Lynlee
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Lynlee
- #1747
- Lynlee on the 2025 chart
- #743
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Lynlee went to 116 girls in 2025, but Lynnlee and Linlee are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 218, which makes it the 743rd most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,004 places above the chart.
- Lynlee116
- Lynnlee89
- Linlee13
About 1 girl in 7,373 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 13,856 for Lynlee itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Kelby test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Lynlee's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Kelby climbed just as high around 1991, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Kelby's path sketches the road Lynlee is walking now.
Lynlee sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Lynlee is headed
Lynlee should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Lynlee beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Lynlee in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Both halves are genuine words with transparent meanings.
- Lyn and Lee are two short forms, both with substantial records.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- The compound is a modern formation rather than an inherited name.
- Several spellings of the ending are in circulation.
- Lynn's own origin is split between Welsh and Linda.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lynlees are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,000 people named Lynlee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Lynlee?
- Lynlee is the most-used spelling in US records — 116 of the 218 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Lynnlee and Linlee.
- How popular is the name Lynlee in 2025?
- Lynlee ranks #1747 among US girl names in 2025, with 116 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Lynlee?
- About 1 in every 13,856 US girls born in 2025 was named Lynlee — 116 in all.
- Will my child share the name Lynlee with classmates?
- Lynlee will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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