Linnie
Linnie is a feminine given name which may refer to:Linnie Belcher, a member of the R&B girl group Allure Linnie Findlay (1919-2009), American writer and historian Linnie Haggard, to whom Abraham Lincoln dedicated a short poem - See Poetry of Abraham Lincoln Linnie Paterson, a singer with the Scottish progressive rock band Beggars Opera in 1973 Linnie Marsh Wolfe (1881-1945), American librarian
- English
Meaning & Origin of Linnie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Linnie is a feminine given name which may refer to:Linnie Belcher, a member of the R&B girl group Allure Linnie Findlay (1919-2009), American writer and historian Linnie Haggard, to whom Abraham Lincoln dedicated a short poem - See Poetry of Abraham Lincoln Linnie Paterson, a singer with the Scottish progressive rock band Beggars Opera in 1973 Linnie Marsh Wolfe (1881-1945), American librarian
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Linnie
As a girl name
Linnie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1880, with 41 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1921: 180 births, good for #528 nationwide. As of 2026, Linnie ranks #6,179 for girls with 19 births, rising sharply (+117% over the past five years). All told, over 8K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Linnie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1890, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1961: 19 births, good for #1,874 nationwide. Linnie last appeared in the published SSA data in 1989, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 712 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Linnie
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About the name Linnie
Linnie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 8K births in the dataset. Linnie's peak popularity came in 1921 when it ranked #189. Use the chart and map above to compare Linnie'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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