Linet
Linet is a feminine given name.
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Meaning & Origin of Linet
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Linet is a feminine given name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Linet
American parents first put Linet on the record books as a baby girl name in 1990, with 9 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1990, when 9 Linets were born — ranking #8,501 that year. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 50% of all recorded Linets. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2021 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 74 Linets have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Linet
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About the name Linet
Linet is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1990 and has accumulated 74 births in the dataset. Linet's peak popularity came in 1990 when it ranked #8,501. Use the chart and map above to compare Linet's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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