girls:
202 births since 1946
#5514 (4th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1959
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
207 births since 1946
#7532 (3rd percentile)
The name Lyne is the #7,532 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 207 recorded births since 1946. This represents the 2.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,514 (3.5% percentile) for all time with 202 births since 1946. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1959.
Lyne first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1946 (1946 for girls and 1959 for boys). Birth data for Lyne is available in 25 out of the 71 years between 1946 and 2016 (25 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Lyne has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.6% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Lyne reached its peak popularity in 1957, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #759) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1957, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2016.
For boys, Lyne reached its peak popularity in 1959, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #655) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 1959, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1959.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lyne".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Lyne", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 8 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Lynn" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Lynn..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Lyne. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 56.8% confident that Lyne is pronounced as lain, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is lihn, at 43.2% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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