Linnie

Boy · recorded 1890–1989

  • 1989last recorded
  • 1908best year

Most popular in 1908.

Last recorded in 1989. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Linnie.

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Its story

Popularity since 1890

0336518901915194019641989

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 75 recorded years as a table
Linnie, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189045
189956
190047
190147
190257
190342
190865
190937
191041
191212
191412
19158
191611
191712
19188
191911
192011
192110
19229
192310
19246
192515
19265
192711
192811
192912
193011
193113
19329
19339
19348
19356
19368
19379
19385
19397
19408
194110
19428
194311
19449
19457
19466
19478
19489
19499
19506
19515
19526
19536
19547
19555
19574
19587
19595
19607
19619
19626
19634
19645
19655
19664
19675
19684
19693
19704
19715
19725
19755
19764
19774
19793
19813
19873
19892

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Linnie 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 Linnie

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1989
5
Rank in 1989
#7,905
How rare
1 in 400,185 boys
Since 1890
712

Linnie was last recorded in 1989. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1908, at 65 per million boys born.

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

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