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Girl name

Linetta

100% girls · last recorded 1979

Linetta has been given to about 114 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1955, which makes it a midcentury name.

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Origin—
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Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 102
Median age today59 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Linetta per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year1955 · 10
  • Born in 20250
  • All time114

How popular is Linetta?

Its best year was 1955, when 10 babies were given the name, ranking 3937th. The typical living American called Linetta is about 59 years old today.

Names that sound like Linetta

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Linnea0.76
  2. Loretta0.71
  3. Linette0.73
  4. Annetta0.71
  5. Leta0.68
  6. Lita0.68
  7. Lynette0.65
  8. Linda0.62

Middle names for Linetta

Ranked by flow score
  1. Linetta Rose0.85
  2. Linetta June0.84
  3. Linetta Pearl0.84
  4. Linetta Quinn0.84
  5. Linetta Nell0.84
  6. Linetta Wren0.83

Sibling names for Linetta

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Scottbrother · 0.57
  2. Chrisbrother · 0.57
  3. Jeffreybrother · 0.56
  4. Reginasister · 0.56
  5. Pennysister · 0.55
  6. Robinsister · 0.55

Where Linetta is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Linetta White0.80
    2. Linetta Reyes0.80
    3. Linetta Nguyen0.80
    4. Linetta Moore0.80
    5. Linetta Hill0.80
    6. Linetta Green0.80

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Linetta

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.