Lynnell
Feminine
Lynnell is a girl's name that joins Lynn to a soft -ell ending. Lynne, spelled with an e, is the name of the swimmer who crossed the Bering Strait between the superpowers.
How old is the name Lynnell?
Lynnell first appears in US birth records in 1935 — 90 years ago. The typical Lynnell alive today was born around 1962, making them about 63 years old. About 500 people named Lynnell are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lynnell most popular?
Lynnell peaked in 1949, reaching #2410 nationally. See the whole 1949 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Lynnell
Lynne Cox swam across the Bering Strait from Little Diomede, in Alaska, to Big Diomede, in the Soviet Union, through water only a few degrees above freezing, without a wetsuit; Soviet officials met her on the shore, and at a treaty signing Reagan and Gorbachev both raised a glass to her. Lynnell takes the Lynn sound and adds the -ell of its day. It is soft and friendly.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Lynnell joins Lynn to an -ell ending, and nothing records the join.
Pronouncing Lynnell
lih-NEL
Two syllables with the stress on the second.
Nicknames for Lynnell
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
- 1935
- Most girls named
- 197128 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2410reached in 1949
- Change vs 1999
- 0.0%5 in 2007, from 5
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.
Lynnells among us
people named Lynnell are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Lynnell sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Comes with Lynn and Nell as ready short forms.
- Rare, so a Lynnell is unlikely to share her name.
- Soft and easy to say.
- People will write Lynelle or Lynell.
- It reads as a name of an older generation.
- It has no documented meaning of its own.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lynnells are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Lynnell are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lynnell in 2025?
- Lynnell is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Lynnell with classmates?
- Lynnell will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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