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Linnea

Pronounced L IH1 N IY0 AH0 (ARPABET)

  • 3 syllables
  • Peaked 2015
  • 131 years in use
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How popular is Linnea?

Linnea is a girls' name, and first appears in 1894. It has been given to 9,793 children — the 1,435th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2015, when 177 children were given it.

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2015177

Characteristics

  • 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
L IH1 N IY0 AH0
Stress pattern:
100
Syllables:
3

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Linnea

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Linnea

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Linnea?
Linnea ranks 1,435th among girls' names in US records, with 9,793 births since 1894. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,444.
Is Linnea a unisex name?
No. Linnea is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Linnea most popular?
2015, when 177 children were given the name. It has been in use for 131 years and is still recorded as of 2024.