How Many People Are Named Lynette Walker?

There are approximately 57 people named Lynette Walker living in the United States today. That makes this name combination rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 6,013,234 Americans.

This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Lynette with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Walker. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.

Estimated People with This Name

1 in 6,013,234 Americans

Combination Rarity

Rare

Very Rare Very Common

First Name

Lynette

Last Name

Walker

Lynette: Popularity Over Time

Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Lynette. The peak year was 1965 with 1,412 births. The average person named Lynette today is 56 years old.

Male

Female

Ancestry of the First Name Lynette

In the 2020 Census, the first name Lynette was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (63.64%). The next largest recorded groups were Black (19.15%) and Hispanic (9.88%).

These percentages describe the people who had the first name Lynette in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.

Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Lynette rose or fell over time.

White

63.64%

Black

19.15%

Hispanic

9.88%

Asian/Pacific Islander

3.29%

American Indian/Alaska Native

1.22%

Two or More Races

2.82%

Ancestry of the Walker Surname

The surname Walker was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White in the 2020 Census.

This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Walker in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.

White

56.33%

Black

33.96%

Hispanic

3.43%

Asian/Pacific Islander

0.59%

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.81%

Two or More Races

4.87%

How we calculated this

The first name "Lynette" has an estimated frequency of < 0.0001% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.

The surname "Walker" appears at a rate of 168.90 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.

We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Lynette are likely to be alive now.

Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 57 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.

Other people named Lynette

Lynette Smith Lynette Johnson Lynette Williams Lynette Jones Lynette Brown Lynette Garcia

Other people with the surname Walker

Michael Walker James Walker John Walker David Walker Robert Walker William Walker Anthony Walker Andrew Walker

Lynette Walker: Questions and Answers

How many people are named Lynette Walker?

We estimate approximately 57 people named Lynette Walker are alive in the United States today. The first name Lynette is shared by 33,679 Americans, and the surname Walker is shared by 578,905.

How rare is the name Lynette Walker?

This name combination is classified as Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 6,013,234 Americans. The first name Lynette is uncommon and the surname Walker is very common.

Is Lynette a male or female name?

Lynette is predominantly female, with 0.1% of bearers being male and 99.9% female. It peaked in popularity in 1965 and the average bearer today is 56 years old.

What does the Census say about the first name Lynette?

In the 2020 Census, the first name Lynette was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (63.64%). The next largest recorded groups were Black (19.15%) and Hispanic (9.88%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.

Where does this data come from?

First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.

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