Lindsay

#2,194 for girls in 2025, 84 births · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #9,714
Given to girls 96.2% of the time

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Peak · girls
#36
1983 · 8,622 births
Debut · girls
1916
6 births
In top 100 · girls
16 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
130,365
since 1916

Lindsay over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201984peak #36, 1983girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,19484—
2024#1,98099—
2023#2,07693—
2022#1,763117—
2021#1,450148#9,7147
2020#1,654124—
2019#1,508144—
2018#1,310174—
2017#1,141217#10,7756
2016#1,022259—
2015#852328#8,0409
2014#660433#8,7818
2013#687412—
2012#710396—
2011#654435#10,8086
2010#597492—
2009#527575#12,4915
2008#382848—
2007#3161,067#7,59010
2006#2631,248#8,7328
2005#2401,398#6,22612
2004#2411,354#7,5369
2003#2601,229#9,5816
2002#2551,241—
2001#2101,502#6,9359
2000#1791,800#5,58812
1999#1691,849#4,16217
1998#1611,939#6,3149
1997#1492,086#6,6188
1996#1342,397#3,29321
1995#1252,562#3,10022
1994#1073,100#4,09415
1993#883,664#3,04222
1992#814,262#2,59927
1991#774,483#2,29531
1990#695,040#1,90940
1989#635,525#1,61549
1988#576,025#1,55347
1987#496,530#1,29557
1986#466,952#1,22761
1985#407,871#98486
1984#368,510#1,04273
1983#368,622#92491
1982#398,260#98184
1981#475,843#1,19958
1980#714,353#1,29152
1979#883,466#1,25554
1978#953,123#1,32647
1977#1102,635#1,09363
1976#1332,070#1,22550
1975#396515#2,06522
1974#690213#1,43936
1973#1,015115#1,92822
1972#1,51662#1,44135
1971#1,37677#1,37838
1970#1,30682#1,29741
1969#1,51761#1,19843
1968#1,32470#1,08347
1967#1,64048#1,16541
1966#1,43059#96856
1965#1,57550#85474
1964#1,55953#92967
1963#1,33069#79292
1962#1,41961#709117
1961#1,46558#684125
1960#1,50154#631152
1959#1,29269#716115
1958#1,18081#78690
1957#1,05198#76696
1956#1,13383#74996
1955#1,05092#660122
1954#1,12377#73994
1953#98195#627130
1952#811125#695101
1951#846112#677106
1950#809116#69597
1949#98283#85664
1948#1,07068#84665
1947#1,17059#88961
1946#1,58331#87856
1945#1,99318#89950
1944#1,80822#1,08537
1943#2,35215#93351
1942#2,66612#1,11038
1941#3,0309#1,06637
1940#2,73710#1,03139
1939#4,2505#1,03338
1938#3,8476#92746
1937#3,1468#96742
1936#2,03215#92444
1935—#1,09835
1934—#98242
1933—#1,14433
1932—#1,03541
1931—#1,12836
1930—#1,09340
1929—#1,02644
1928#3,7437#92753
1927—#1,12840
1926#3,8737#1,19236
1925—#95650
1924—#98052
1923—#1,05745
1922—#1,14039
1921#5,0995#1,12240
1920—#90358
1919—#1,15936
1918—#1,11238
1917—#96445
1916#3,9196#98442
1915—#99640
1914—#88438
1913—#95027
1912—#1,13717
1911—#1,1909
1910—#92812
1909—#89311
1908—#1,0218
1907—#9309
1906——
1905—#8369
1904—#64713
1903—#73410
1902—#7949
1901—#1,0585
1900—#64915
1899—#66110
1898—#1,1215
1897—#8527
1896——
1895—#64011
1894—#1,0745
1893—#39121
1892—#1,0665
1891—#8416
1890—#53313
1889—#62810
1888—#7558
1887——
1886—#9595
1885—#8366
1884—#6639
1883——
1882—#6529
1881—#6538
1880—#7457
First appearance
1916

The first year at least five girls were named Lindsay! It came in at #3,919, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1917–1925, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Lindsay is popular in 1984

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #46 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 172 girlsAKMaine: #35 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 138 girlsMEVermont: #29 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 120 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #27 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 103 girlsNHWashington: #35 for girls · 161 births · 1 in 167 girlsWAIdaho: #33 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 132 girlsIDMontana: #42 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 156 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #27 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 106 girlsNDMinnesota: #30 for girls · 220 births · 1 in 130 girlsMNIllinois: #35 for girls · 434 births · 1 in 167 girlsILWisconsin: #34 for girls · 220 births · 1 in 139 girlsWIMichigan: #33 for girls · 411 births · 1 in 137 girlsMINew York: #37 for girls · 560 births · 1 in 186 girlsNYMassachusetts: #30 for girls · 266 births · 1 in 126 girlsMARhode Island: #41 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 141 girlsRIOregon: #28 for girls · 133 births · 1 in 118 girlsORNevada: #36 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 142 girlsNVWyoming: #40 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 139 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #55 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 199 girlsSDIowa: #30 for girls · 139 births · 1 in 128 girlsIAIndiana: #29 for girls · 255 births · 1 in 131 girlsINOhio: #31 for girls · 509 births · 1 in 136 girlsOHPennsylvania: #28 for girls · 549 births · 1 in 124 girlsPANew Jersey: #33 for girls · 250 births · 1 in 157 girlsNJConnecticut: #27 for girls · 149 births · 1 in 110 girlsCTCalifornia: #48 for girls · 756 births · 1 in 255 girlsCAUtah: #27 for girls · 118 births · 1 in 127 girlsUTColorado: #36 for girls · 134 births · 1 in 161 girlsCONebraska: #25 for girls · 101 births · 1 in 103 girlsNEMissouri: #34 for girls · 219 births · 1 in 143 girlsMOKentucky: #47 for girls · 100 births · 1 in 219 girlsKYWest Virginia: #51 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 204 girlsWVVirginia: #40 for girls · 178 births · 1 in 176 girlsVAMaryland: #34 for girls · 155 births · 1 in 148 girlsMDDelaware: #29 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 95 girlsDEArizona: #44 for girls · 110 births · 1 in 192 girlsAZNew Mexico: #75 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 338 girlsNMKansas: #35 for girls · 97 births · 1 in 158 girlsKSArkansas: #62 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 261 girlsARTennessee: #46 for girls · 130 births · 1 in 211 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #35 for girls · 197 births · 1 in 173 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #41 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 184 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #44 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 183 girlsDCOklahoma: #31 for girls · 132 births · 1 in 157 girlsOKLouisiana: #42 for girls · 144 births · 1 in 214 girlsLAMississippi: #81 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 350 girlsMSAlabama: #46 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 224 girlsALGeorgia: #50 for girls · 155 births · 1 in 230 girlsGAHawaii: #128 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 527 girlsHITexas: #56 for girls · 468 births · 1 in 279 girlsTXFlorida: #50 for girls · 252 births · 1 in 245 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nebraska#25 · 1 in 103
  2. New Hampshire#27 · 1 in 103
  3. North Dakota#27 · 1 in 106
  4. Connecticut#27 · 1 in 110
  5. Utah#27 · 1 in 127

Best ever in a state: #22 in Maine, 1982.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nebraska#251011 in 103
Connecticut#271491 in 110
New Hampshire#27521 in 103
North Dakota#27451 in 106
Utah#271181 in 127
Oregon#281331 in 118
Pennsylvania#285491 in 124
Delaware#29321 in 95
Indiana#292551 in 131
Vermont#29231 in 120
Iowa#301391 in 128
Massachusetts#302661 in 126
Minnesota#302201 in 130
Ohio#315091 in 136
Oklahoma#311321 in 157
Idaho#33461 in 132
Michigan#334111 in 137
New Jersey#332501 in 157
Maryland#341551 in 148
Missouri#342191 in 143
Wisconsin#342201 in 139
Illinois#354341 in 167
Kansas#35971 in 158
Maine#35451 in 138
North Carolina#351971 in 173
Washington#351611 in 167
Colorado#361341 in 161
Nevada#36331 in 142
New York#375601 in 186
Virginia#401781 in 176
Wyoming#40211 in 139
Rhode Island#41331 in 141
South Carolina#41961 in 184
Louisiana#421441 in 214
Montana#42301 in 156
Arizona#441101 in 192
District of Columbia#44311 in 183
Alabama#46961 in 224
Alaska#46231 in 172
Tennessee#461301 in 211
Kentucky#471001 in 219
California#487561 in 255
Florida#502521 in 245
Georgia#501551 in 230
West Virginia#51491 in 204
South Dakota#55221 in 199
Texas#564681 in 279
Arkansas#62491 in 261
New Mexico#75291 in 338
Mississippi#81431 in 350
Hawaii#128101 in 527

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Lindsay
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 214 spots since 2024 (#1,980 → #2,194)
  • 540 spots since 2020 (#1,654 → #2,194)
  • 1,342 spots since 2015 (#852 → #2,194)
  • Biggest jump: 325 spots in 1974 (#1,015 → #690)
  • Biggest drop: 192 spots in 2015 (#660 → #852)
Rise & fade · girls
67 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1916
  • Peaked 1983 at #36 (8,622 births)
  • Births halved by 1992, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 16 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 16 yrs · run 1978–1993
  • Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1974–2015
Share of babies · girls
1 in 194
  • Highest: 1 in 194 girls born in 1983 were named Lindsay (0.52%)
  • Latest: 1 in 19,134 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 52.5% of all girls named Lindsay (68,491) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s6#3,919 (1916)#3,919
1920s19#3,743 (1928)#4,238
1930s34#2,032 (1936)#3,319
1940s327#982 (1949)#1,939
1950s948#809 (1950)#1,028
1960s583#1,324 (1968)#1,476
1970s12,358#88 (1979)#673
1980s68,491#36 (1983)#48
1990s31,382#69 (1990)#116
2000s12,262#179 (2000)#287
2010s3,290#597 (2010)#914
2020s665#1,450 (2021)#1,853

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Lindsay in 1984

girls
#36
8,510 births · 1 in 198 girls
boys
#1,042
73 births · 1 in 24,724 boys

Top girls' names in 1984

  1. #1Jennifer50,564
  2. #2Jessica45,857
  3. #3Ashley38,773
  4. #4Amanda33,915
  5. #5Sarah25,887
  6. #6Stephanie23,025
  7. #7Nicole22,270
  8. #8Melissa21,896
  9. #9Heather21,489
  10. #10Elizabeth20,360
  11. #36Lindsay8,510

Top boys' names in 1984

  1. #1Michael67,735
  2. #2Christopher60,021
  3. #3Matthew49,767
  4. #4Joshua40,266
  5. #5David38,492
  6. #6Daniel36,531
  7. #7James35,859
  8. #8John32,610
  9. #9Robert31,768
  10. #10Joseph30,513
  11. #1,042Lindsay73
More about 1984

girls

1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 198 of them was named Lindsay, which outranked 99.7% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lindsay
  1. #33Mary9,293
  2. #34Erica9,278
  3. #35Lindsey9,005
  4. #36Lindsay8,510
  5. #37Shannon8,476
  6. #38Kristen8,385
  7. #39Samantha8,038
Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. ↑ 8,259Santana#9,015 → #756
  2. ↑ 2,419Tasia#3,151 → #732
  3. ↑ 2,198Teela#3,065 → #867
  4. ↑ 1,074Grisel#1,858 → #784
  5. ↑ 894Kaylee#1,715 → #821
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,856Dwan#874 → #2,730
  2. ↓ 720Toccara#937 → #1,657
  3. ↓ 713Kaleena#547 → #1,260
  4. ↓ 303Karie#1,000 → #1,303
  5. ↓ 300Karyn#820 → #1,120

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,804,848 boys got a published name in 1984; 1 in 24,724 of them was named Lindsay, which outranked 85.8% of the 7,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lindsay
  1. #1,033Nehemiah74
  2. #1,033Torey74
  3. #1,033Wilbur74
  4. #1,042Lindsay73
  5. #1,042Chadrick73
  6. #1,042Christofer73
  7. #1,042Dangelo73
  8. #1,054Anson72
  9. #1,054Asher72
  10. #1,054Cade72

Tied with 11 names at #1,042; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. ↑ 958Ryne#1,562 → #604
  2. ↑ 472Rachel#1,448 → #976
  3. ↑ 399Zebulon#1,375 → #976
  4. ↑ 359Travon#1,327 → #968
  5. ↑ 347Mackenzie#1,347 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 741Trumaine#949 → #1,690
  2. ↓ 422Basil#1,000 → #1,422
  3. ↓ 240Alfonzo#1,000 → #1,240
  4. ↓ 208Jasen#804 → #1,012
  5. ↓ 205Woodrow#949 → #1,154

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1984 →