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
- Peak · girls
- 1983 · 8,622 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 16 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 130,365since 1916
Lindsay over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,194 | 84 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,980 | 99 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,076 | 93 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,763 | 117 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,450 | 148 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #1,654 | 124 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,508 | 144 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,310 | 174 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,141 | 217 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #1,022 | 259 | — | |
| 2015 | #852 | 328 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | #660 | 433 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #687 | 412 | — | |
| 2012 | #710 | 396 | — | |
| 2011 | #654 | 435 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #597 | 492 | — | |
| 2009 | #527 | 575 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #382 | 848 | — | |
| 2007 | #316 | 1,067 | #7,590 | 10 |
| 2006 | #263 | 1,248 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #240 | 1,398 | #6,226 | 12 |
| 2004 | #241 | 1,354 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #260 | 1,229 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #255 | 1,241 | — | |
| 2001 | #210 | 1,502 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #179 | 1,800 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | #169 | 1,849 | #4,162 | 17 |
| 1998 | #161 | 1,939 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #149 | 2,086 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #134 | 2,397 | #3,293 | 21 |
| 1995 | #125 | 2,562 | #3,100 | 22 |
| 1994 | #107 | 3,100 | #4,094 | 15 |
| 1993 | #88 | 3,664 | #3,042 | 22 |
| 1992 | #81 | 4,262 | #2,599 | 27 |
| 1991 | #77 | 4,483 | #2,295 | 31 |
| 1990 | #69 | 5,040 | #1,909 | 40 |
| 1989 | #63 | 5,525 | #1,615 | 49 |
| 1988 | #57 | 6,025 | #1,553 | 47 |
| 1987 | #49 | 6,530 | #1,295 | 57 |
| 1986 | #46 | 6,952 | #1,227 | 61 |
| 1985 | #40 | 7,871 | #984 | 86 |
| 1984 | #36 | 8,510 | #1,042 | 73 |
| 1983 | #36 | 8,622 | #924 | 91 |
| 1982 | #39 | 8,260 | #981 | 84 |
| 1981 | #47 | 5,843 | #1,199 | 58 |
| 1980 | #71 | 4,353 | #1,291 | 52 |
| 1979 | #88 | 3,466 | #1,255 | 54 |
| 1978 | #95 | 3,123 | #1,326 | 47 |
| 1977 | #110 | 2,635 | #1,093 | 63 |
| 1976 | #133 | 2,070 | #1,225 | 50 |
| 1975 | #396 | 515 | #2,065 | 22 |
| 1974 | #690 | 213 | #1,439 | 36 |
| 1973 | #1,015 | 115 | #1,928 | 22 |
| 1972 | #1,516 | 62 | #1,441 | 35 |
| 1971 | #1,376 | 77 | #1,378 | 38 |
| 1970 | #1,306 | 82 | #1,297 | 41 |
| 1969 | #1,517 | 61 | #1,198 | 43 |
| 1968 | #1,324 | 70 | #1,083 | 47 |
| 1967 | #1,640 | 48 | #1,165 | 41 |
| 1966 | #1,430 | 59 | #968 | 56 |
| 1965 | #1,575 | 50 | #854 | 74 |
| 1964 | #1,559 | 53 | #929 | 67 |
| 1963 | #1,330 | 69 | #792 | 92 |
| 1962 | #1,419 | 61 | #709 | 117 |
| 1961 | #1,465 | 58 | #684 | 125 |
| 1960 | #1,501 | 54 | #631 | 152 |
| 1959 | #1,292 | 69 | #716 | 115 |
| 1958 | #1,180 | 81 | #786 | 90 |
| 1957 | #1,051 | 98 | #766 | 96 |
| 1956 | #1,133 | 83 | #749 | 96 |
| 1955 | #1,050 | 92 | #660 | 122 |
| 1954 | #1,123 | 77 | #739 | 94 |
| 1953 | #981 | 95 | #627 | 130 |
| 1952 | #811 | 125 | #695 | 101 |
| 1951 | #846 | 112 | #677 | 106 |
| 1950 | #809 | 116 | #695 | 97 |
| 1949 | #982 | 83 | #856 | 64 |
| 1948 | #1,070 | 68 | #846 | 65 |
| 1947 | #1,170 | 59 | #889 | 61 |
| 1946 | #1,583 | 31 | #878 | 56 |
| 1945 | #1,993 | 18 | #899 | 50 |
| 1944 | #1,808 | 22 | #1,085 | 37 |
| 1943 | #2,352 | 15 | #933 | 51 |
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 | #1,110 | 38 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | #1,066 | 37 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 | #1,031 | 39 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #1,033 | 38 |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | #927 | 46 |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | #967 | 42 |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 | #924 | 44 |
| 1935 | — | #1,098 | 35 | |
| 1934 | — | #982 | 42 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,144 | 33 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,035 | 41 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,128 | 36 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,093 | 40 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,026 | 44 | |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #927 | 53 |
| 1927 | — | #1,128 | 40 | |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #1,192 | 36 |
| 1925 | — | #956 | 50 | |
| 1924 | — | #980 | 52 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,057 | 45 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,140 | 39 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #1,122 | 40 |
| 1920 | — | #903 | 58 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,159 | 36 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,112 | 38 | |
| 1917 | — | #964 | 45 | |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #984 | 42 |
| 1915 | — | #996 | 40 | |
| 1914 | — | #884 | 38 | |
| 1913 | — | #950 | 27 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,137 | 17 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,190 | 9 | |
| 1910 | — | #928 | 12 | |
| 1909 | — | #893 | 11 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,021 | 8 | |
| 1907 | — | #930 | 9 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #836 | 9 | |
| 1904 | — | #647 | 13 | |
| 1903 | — | #734 | 10 | |
| 1902 | — | #794 | 9 | |
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | #649 | 15 | |
| 1899 | — | #661 | 10 | |
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #640 | 11 | |
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | #391 | 21 | |
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | #533 | 13 | |
| 1889 | — | #628 | 10 | |
| 1888 | — | #755 | 8 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | #663 | 9 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #652 | 9 | |
| 1881 | — | #653 | 8 | |
| 1880 | — | #745 | 7 | |
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 1990
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wyoming#38 · 1 in 130
- Delaware#39 · 1 in 132
- Maryland#46 · 1 in 204
- Pennsylvania#51 · 1 in 225
- Ohio#51 · 1 in 232
Best ever in a state: #22 in Maine, 1982.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | #38 | 13 | 1 in 130 |
| Delaware | #39 | 28 | 1 in 132 |
| Maryland | #46 | 139 | 1 in 204 |
| Ohio | #51 | 305 | 1 in 232 |
| Pennsylvania | #51 | 323 | 1 in 225 |
| Montana | #52 | 18 | 1 in 185 |
| New Hampshire | #54 | 33 | 1 in 201 |
| North Carolina | #54 | 149 | 1 in 274 |
| Massachusetts | #56 | 167 | 1 in 232 |
| Connecticut | #57 | 81 | 1 in 236 |
| Vermont | #59 | 12 | 1 in 222 |
| Kansas | #60 | 53 | 1 in 263 |
| Virginia | #60 | 131 | 1 in 288 |
| Wisconsin | #60 | 109 | 1 in 269 |
| Colorado | #61 | 78 | 1 in 266 |
| Iowa | #61 | 63 | 1 in 254 |
| Michigan | #61 | 224 | 1 in 279 |
| South Carolina | #62 | 72 | 1 in 278 |
| Indiana | #63 | 135 | 1 in 261 |
| Nebraska | #63 | 38 | 1 in 242 |
| Missouri | #65 | 107 | 1 in 307 |
| New Jersey | #66 | 165 | 1 in 291 |
| West Virginia | #66 | 35 | 1 in 251 |
| Georgia | #69 | 120 | 1 in 356 |
| Kentucky | #69 | 65 | 1 in 327 |
| Rhode Island | #69 | 20 | 1 in 276 |
| Utah | #69 | 51 | 1 in 266 |
| Idaho | #70 | 20 | 1 in 268 |
| Minnesota | #71 | 93 | 1 in 300 |
| Florida | #72 | 221 | 1 in 358 |
| Illinois | #73 | 226 | 1 in 347 |
| Louisiana | #73 | 73 | 1 in 348 |
| New York | #73 | 336 | 1 in 363 |
| Tennessee | #73 | 84 | 1 in 359 |
| North Dakota | #74 | 13 | 1 in 273 |
| South Dakota | #74 | 13 | 1 in 282 |
| Maine | #75 | 23 | 1 in 275 |
| Arizona | #76 | 78 | 1 in 337 |
| Washington | #76 | 82 | 1 in 377 |
| Nevada | #78 | 20 | 1 in 345 |
| Oregon | #79 | 51 | 1 in 329 |
| Alabama | #80 | 56 | 1 in 401 |
| Alaska | #81 | 12 | 1 in 286 |
| Arkansas | #87 | 33 | 1 in 383 |
| Oklahoma | #89 | 42 | 1 in 416 |
| District of Columbia | #96 | 13 | 1 in 357 |
| Mississippi | #102 | 29 | 1 in 475 |
| California | #106 | 514 | 1 in 511 |
| New Mexico | #113 | 19 | 1 in 489 |
| Texas | #116 | 247 | 1 in 557 |
| Hawaii | #176 | 8 | 1 in 682 |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1983 at #36 (8,622 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 16 yrs · run 1978–1993
- Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1974–2015
- Highest: 1 in 194 girls born in 1983 were named Lindsay (0.52%)
- Latest: 1 in 19,134 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 52.5% of all girls named Lindsay (68,491) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #3,919 (1916) | #3,919 |
| 1920s | 19 | #3,743 (1928) | #4,238 |
| 1930s | 34 | #2,032 (1936) | #3,319 |
| 1940s | 327 | #982 (1949) | #1,939 |
| 1950s | 948 | #809 (1950) | #1,028 |
| 1960s | 583 | #1,324 (1968) | #1,476 |
| 1970s | 12,358 | #88 (1979) | #673 |
| 1980s | 68,491 | #36 (1983) | #48 |
| 1990s | 31,382 | #69 (1990) | #116 |
| 2000s | 12,262 | #179 (2000) | #287 |
| 2010s | 3,290 | #597 (2010) | #914 |
| 2020s | 665 | #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 1990
Top girls' names in 1990
Top boys' names in 1990
More about 1990
girls
1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 377 of them was named Lindsay, which outranked 99.5% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 51,351 of them was named Lindsay, which outranked 79.9% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,870Trinity41
- #1,870Yousef41
- #1,870Zev41
- #1,909Lindsay40
- #1,909Cy40
- #1,909Dakoda40
- #1,909Darrien40
- #1,946Ana39
- #1,946Andrae39
- #1,946Avrohom39
Tied with 36 names at #1,909; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.