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
#35
1984 · 9,005 births
Debut · girls
1924
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #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 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #50 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 190 girlsAKMaine: #48 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 186 girlsMEVermont: #54 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 190 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #52 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 195 girlsNHWashington: #46 for girls · 146 births · 1 in 212 girlsWAIdaho: #41 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 158 girlsIDMontana: #48 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 166 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #30 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 127 girlsNDMinnesota: #43 for girls · 158 births · 1 in 177 girlsMNIllinois: #63 for girls · 269 births · 1 in 292 girlsILWisconsin: #43 for girls · 149 births · 1 in 197 girlsWIMichigan: #46 for girls · 282 births · 1 in 222 girlsMINew York: #84 for girls · 286 births · 1 in 427 girlsNYMassachusetts: #66 for girls · 148 births · 1 in 262 girlsMARhode Island: #73 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 291 girlsRIOregon: #53 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 240 girlsORNevada: #58 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 230 girlsNVWyoming: #44 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 140 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #32 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 122 girlsSDIowa: #41 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 166 girlsIAIndiana: #33 for girls · 211 births · 1 in 167 girlsINOhio: #42 for girls · 344 births · 1 in 206 girlsOHPennsylvania: #58 for girls · 275 births · 1 in 264 girlsPANew Jersey: #79 for girls · 129 births · 1 in 372 girlsNJConnecticut: #65 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 269 girlsCTCalifornia: #97 for girls · 563 births · 1 in 466 girlsCAUtah: #35 for girls · 83 births · 1 in 163 girlsUTColorado: #40 for girls · 118 births · 1 in 176 girlsCONebraska: #44 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 164 girlsNEMissouri: #35 for girls · 200 births · 1 in 164 girlsMOKentucky: #31 for girls · 134 births · 1 in 159 girlsKYWest Virginia: #35 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 166 girlsWVVirginia: #39 for girls · 200 births · 1 in 189 girlsVAMaryland: #51 for girls · 117 births · 1 in 242 girlsMDDelaware: #54 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 185 girlsDEArizona: #65 for girls · 86 births · 1 in 305 girlsAZNew Mexico: #79 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 320 girlsNMKansas: #37 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 166 girlsKSArkansas: #25 for girls · 101 births · 1 in 125 girlsARTennessee: #32 for girls · 186 births · 1 in 162 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #43 for girls · 198 births · 1 in 206 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #51 for girls · 80 births · 1 in 250 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #87 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 332 girlsDCOklahoma: #39 for girls · 101 births · 1 in 173 girlsOKLouisiana: #34 for girls · 150 births · 1 in 169 girlsLAMississippi: #48 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 238 girlsMSAlabama: #35 for girls · 132 births · 1 in 170 girlsALGeorgia: #31 for girls · 262 births · 1 in 163 girlsGAHawaii: #78 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 321 girlsHITexas: #53 for girls · 526 births · 1 in 262 girlsTXFlorida: #50 for girls · 307 births · 1 in 258 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#25 · 1 in 125
  2. North Dakota#30 · 1 in 127
  3. Kentucky#31 · 1 in 159
  4. Georgia#31 · 1 in 163
  5. South Dakota#32 · 1 in 122

Best ever in a state: #13 in North Dakota, 1983.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#251011 in 125
North Dakota#30281 in 127
Georgia#312621 in 163
Kentucky#311341 in 159
South Dakota#32301 in 122
Tennessee#321861 in 162
Indiana#332111 in 167
Louisiana#341501 in 169
Alabama#351321 in 170
Missouri#352001 in 164
Utah#35831 in 163
West Virginia#35531 in 166
Kansas#37841 in 166
Oklahoma#391011 in 173
Virginia#392001 in 189
Colorado#401181 in 176
Idaho#41341 in 158
Iowa#41961 in 166
Ohio#423441 in 206
Minnesota#431581 in 177
North Carolina#431981 in 206
Wisconsin#431491 in 197
Nebraska#44561 in 164
Wyoming#44121 in 140
Michigan#462821 in 222
Washington#461461 in 212
Maine#48341 in 186
Mississippi#48581 in 238
Montana#48201 in 166
Alaska#50181 in 190
Florida#503071 in 258
Maryland#511171 in 242
South Carolina#51801 in 250
New Hampshire#52341 in 195
Oregon#53701 in 240
Texas#535261 in 262
Delaware#54201 in 185
Vermont#54141 in 190
Nevada#58301 in 230
Pennsylvania#582751 in 264
Illinois#632691 in 292
Arizona#65861 in 305
Connecticut#65711 in 269
Massachusetts#661481 in 262
Rhode Island#73191 in 291
Hawaii#78171 in 321
New Jersey#791291 in 372
New Mexico#79291 in 320
New York#842861 in 427
District of Columbia#87141 in 332
California#975631 in 466

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 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 1990

girls
#51
6,782 births · 1 in 280 girls
boys
#1,326
70 births · 1 in 29,343 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #51Lindsey6,782

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #1,326Lindsey70
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 280 of them was named Lindsey, which outranked 99.7% 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).

Ranked beside Lindsey
  1. #48Allison7,136
  2. #49Cassandra7,054
  3. #50Caitlin7,026
  4. #51Lindsey6,782
  5. #52Angela6,666
  6. #53Katie6,514
  7. #54Alicia6,511
Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

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

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 29,343 of them was named Lindsey, which outranked 86.0% 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).

Ranked beside Lindsey
  1. #1,318Leighton71
  2. #1,318Nehemiah71
  3. #1,318Sami71
  4. #1,326Lindsey70
  5. #1,326Devyn70
  6. #1,326Diamond70
  7. #1,326Javaris70
  8. #1,336Alfonzo69
  9. #1,336Basil69
  10. #1,336Claudio69

Tied with 9 names at #1,326; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,636Tevin#4,017 → #381
  2. ↑ 3,283Keenen#4,271 → #988
  3. ↑ 1,325Male#2,027 → #702
  4. ↑ 1,032Denzel#1,476 → #444
  5. ↑ 598Kevon#1,476 → #878
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,130Kiara#956 → #2,086
  2. ↓ 916Rachel#993 → #1,909
  3. ↓ 855Nicole#985 → #1,840
  4. ↓ 746Tiffany#956 → #1,702
  5. ↓ 681Sarah#819 → #1,500

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

See the top 100 for 1990 →