Lindsey

#1,367 for girls in 2025, 161 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #9,894
Given to girls 95.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
1984 · 9,005 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
20 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
157,551
since 1924

Lindsey over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201941peak #35, 1984girls
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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#1,367161—
2024#1,284180#9,8947
2023#1,277179—
2022#1,304181—
2021#1,215195#10,7996
2020#1,027244#7,03411
2019#956276—
2018#839323#7,13611
2017#867315#10,7756
2016#778364#6,34913
2015#610477#7,06611
2014#572534#12,1085
2013#573504#7,53710
2012#523579#7,55910
2011#459647#10,8086
2010#400804#8,1399
2009#3271,010#6,80212
2008#2781,227#8,3249
2007#2251,555#8,1739
2006#1861,886#5,78114
2005#1622,094#5,03416
2004#1462,255#3,21730
2003#1322,540#4,42618
2002#1222,816#4,04420
2001#1053,050#3,72122
2000#1033,211#4,38917
1999#963,417#4,76214
1998#973,465#2,45035
1997#953,636#2,54631
1996#864,112#2,59029
1995#824,377#1,75850
1994#694,988#2,04140
1993#565,845#1,68052
1992#575,893#1,75048
1991#526,460#1,50258
1990#516,782#1,32670
1989#487,069#1,05797
1988#487,001#1,07086
1987#417,457#96895
1986#398,051#872108
1985#378,468#832116
1984#359,005#818114
1983#358,679#772127
1982#407,961#750138
1981#584,863#823114
1980#913,386#95788
1979#1132,758#1,00179
1978#1521,812#90890
1977#1941,381#822107
1976#267873#97772
1975#496361#1,23847
1974#649234#1,19848
1973#1,109101#96270
1972#1,33775#1,02462
1971#1,47369#1,09156
1970#1,45270#91077
1969#1,40268#95165
1968#1,51956#84474
1967#1,53753#77888
1966#1,76641#78585
1965#1,74142#76892
1964#1,68647#77197
1963#1,47857#695124
1962#1,69045#662138
1961#1,32770#651145
1960#1,76441#657141
1959#1,49952#653138
1958#1,31065#636146
1957#1,15384#628149
1956#1,27966#659132
1955#1,55643#592154
1954#1,18671#562169
1953#1,33253#572156
1952#1,17166#615133
1951#1,30351#620129
1950#1,28551#674106
1949#1,33547#71991
1948#1,95324#68197
1947#1,66133#72390
1946#2,09420#67691
1945#2,74211#73669
1944#4,0546#82458
1943—#75174
1942#3,7387#80664
1941#3,2528#70876
1940#4,3495#91948
1939—#78460
1938—#82556
1937#3,4347#79360
1936—#85351
1935—#80359
1934—#86053
1933—#84354
1932—#72973
1931—#99744
1930—#74473
1929—#88856
1928—#85460
1927—#91156
1926—#90255
1925—#93352
1924#5,0615#94455
1923—#79170
1922—#79172
1921—#92058
1920—#91157
1919—#83262
1918—#91852
1917—#74969
1916—#79061
1915—#80457
1914—#67856
1913—#71142
1912—#68139
1911—#52532
1910—#59823
1909—#84012
1908—#71214
1907—#66415
1906—#54718
1905—#63614
1904—#76010
1903—#50518
1902—#61513
1901—#59612
1900—#55519
1899—#54813
1898—#66311
1897—#7878
1896—#59213
1895—#64011
1894—#8577
1893—#8367
1892—#64111
1891—#52412
1890—#56612
1889—#46416
1888—#55413
1887—#58310
1886—#45116
1885—#7657
1884—#6639
1883—#52712
1882—#6918
1881—#7067
1880—#57111
First appearance
1924

The first year at least five girls were named Lindsey! It came in at #5,061, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1924–1936, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Lindsey is popular in 1941

No state had 5 or more girls named Lindsey in 1941, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Lindsey
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 83 spots since 2024 (#1,284 → #1,367)
  • 340 spots since 2020 (#1,027 → #1,367)
  • 757 spots since 2015 (#610 → #1,367)
  • Biggest jump: 460 spots in 1974 (#1,109 → #649)
  • Biggest drop: 168 spots in 2016 (#610 → #778)
Rise & fade · girls
60 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1924
  • Peaked 1984 at #35 (9,005 births)
  • Births halved by 1995, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 20 yrs · run 1980–1999
  • Top 1,000: 46 yrs · run 1974–2019
Share of babies · girls
1 in 187
  • Highest: 1 in 187 girls born in 1984 were named Lindsey (0.53%)
  • Latest: 1 in 9,983 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 45.7% of all girls named Lindsey (71,940) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s5#5,061 (1924)#5,061
1930s7#3,434 (1937)#3,434
1940s161#1,335 (1949)#2,798
1950s602#1,153 (1957)#1,307
1960s520#1,327 (1961)#1,591
1970s7,734#113 (1979)#724
1980s71,940#35 (1984)#47
1990s48,975#51 (1990)#74
2000s21,644#103 (2000)#179
2010s4,823#400 (2010)#658
2020s1,140#1,027 (2020)#1,246

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.

Lindsey in 1941

girls
#3,252
8 births · 1 in 151,015 girls
boys
#708
76 births · 1 in 16,162 boys

Top girls' names in 1941

  1. #1Mary58,048
  2. #2Barbara39,543
  3. #3Patricia36,905
  4. #4Carol24,187
  5. #5Linda23,721
  6. #6Judith23,320
  7. #7Betty20,905
  8. #8Nancy20,885
  9. #9Sandra19,500
  10. #10Shirley16,954
  11. #3,252Lindsey8

Top boys' names in 1941

  1. #1James66,751
  2. #2Robert64,247
  3. #3John57,520
  4. #4William47,798
  5. #5Richard39,112
  6. #6Charles32,742
  7. #7David30,553
  8. #8Thomas26,641
  9. #9Ronald24,407
  10. #10Donald22,641
  11. #708Lindsey76
More about 1941

girls

1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 151,015 of them was named Lindsey, which outranked 36.0% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lindsey
  1. #3,030Wyvonne9
  2. #3,030Yetta9
  3. #3,030Zenaida9
  4. #3,252Lindsey8
  5. #3,252Adina8
  6. #3,252Aldine8
  7. #3,252Alecia8
  8. #3,559Abelina7
  9. #3,559Adel7
  10. #3,559Adelyn7

Tied with 306 names at #3,252; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,130Jerilyn#2,737 → #607
  2. ↑ 1,258Trina#2,109 → #851
  3. ↑ 372Karan#1,347 → #975
  4. ↑ 371Kristine#1,313 → #942
  5. ↑ 356Sherri#1,186 → #830
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Kenneth#971 → #1,418
  2. ↓ 421Janna#997 → #1,418
  3. ↓ 366Beatriz#989 → #1,355
  4. ↓ 338Merna#997 → #1,335
  5. ↓ 337Eldora#957 → #1,294

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

boys

1,228,318 boys got a published name in 1941; 1 in 16,162 of them was named Lindsey, which outranked 82.3% of the 4,002 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lindsey
  1. #702Hayward77
  2. #702Lauren77
  3. #702Lon77
  4. #708Lindsey76
  5. #708Bart76
  6. #708Eduardo76
  7. #708Greg76
  8. #713Colin75
  9. #713Ellsworth75
  10. #713Gerold75

Tied with 4 names at #708; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
  1. ↑ 586Gay#1,573 → #987
  2. ↑ 375Issac#1,251 → #876
  3. ↑ 363Otho#1,334 → #971
  4. ↑ 338Lawrance#1,208 → #870
  5. ↑ 313Ford#1,251 → #938
Fallers
  1. ↓ 508Wilkie#792 → #1,300
  2. ↓ 452Arlis#994 → #1,446
  3. ↓ 394Ruby#939 → #1,333
  4. ↓ 359Gonzalo#850 → #1,209
  5. ↓ 325Lenord#929 → #1,254

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

See the top 100 for 1941 →