How Many People Are Named Lynita?
An estimated 311 people in the United States have the first name Lynita. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 57 years old, and Lynita peaked in popularity in 1960 with 21 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Lynita as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Lynita paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
311
About 1 in 1,102,104 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
57
years old
Peak Year
1960
21 births
Total Registered
378
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Lynita
Lynita is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 378 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Lynita as a female name
Ranked #12,746 in 1994
6 female births in 1994
Peak: 1960 (21 births)
Lynita: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Lynita span from the 1930s to the 1990s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1960s, when 143 babies were registered. Lynita has declined significantly from its peak in the 1960s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Lynita by Decade
How has Lynita tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Lynita + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Lynita as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Lynita
Other first names starting with L with a similar number of bearers.
Lynita: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Lynita?
We estimate approximately 311 people named Lynita are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,102,104 Americans share this first name.
Is Lynita a common name?
Lynita is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 79.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 378 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Lynita most popular?
Lynita reached peak popularity in 1960, when 21 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Lynita is approximately 57 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Lynita a female name?
Lynita is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Lynita Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Lynita Smith, Lynita Johnson, Lynita Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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