Lindsy
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161 · Last seen for boys in 1919 at #4,168
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1982 · 129 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,153since 1974
Lindsy over time
Rank among girls' names. Lindsy has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | — | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | — | |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | — | |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 | — | |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 | — | |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | — | |
| 2014 | #6,451 | 19 | — | |
| 2013 | #7,031 | 17 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,872 | 18 | — | |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,382 | 20 | — | |
| 2009 | #5,378 | 26 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,213 | 36 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,165 | 35 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,029 | 35 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,172 | 33 | — | |
| 2003 | #5,419 | 22 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,498 | 27 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,025 | 31 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,271 | 41 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,718 | 32 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,116 | 40 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,036 | 39 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,476 | 51 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,244 | 59 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,627 | 47 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,127 | 63 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,078 | 65 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,832 | 77 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,781 | 81 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,667 | 82 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,477 | 92 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,336 | 102 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,327 | 99 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,193 | 118 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,126 | 122 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,169 | 112 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,093 | 129 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,423 | 86 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,766 | 62 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,998 | 51 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,801 | 29 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,715 | 30 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,188 | 22 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Lindsy! It came in at #5,360, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2020, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Lindsy is popular in 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wisconsin#575 · 1 in 6,129
- Colorado#576 · 1 in 4,392
- Michigan#704 · 1 in 7,158
- Ohio#900 · 1 in 11,515
- Pennsylvania#924 · 1 in 11,524
Best ever in a state: #259 in Utah, 1982.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #575 | 5 | 1 in 6,129 |
| Colorado | #576 | 5 | 1 in 4,392 |
| Michigan | #704 | 8 | 1 in 7,158 |
| Ohio | #900 | 6 | 1 in 11,515 |
| Pennsylvania | #924 | 6 | 1 in 11,524 |
| Texas | #1,290 | 9 | 1 in 14,817 |
| California | #1,365 | 13 | 1 in 15,558 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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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 Lindsy
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Debuted 1974
- Peaked 1982 at #1,093 (129 births)
- Births halved by 1993, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 13,127 girls born in 1982 were named Lindsy (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 231,456 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 46.6% of all girls named Lindsy (1,004) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 153 | #1,998 (1979) | #3,537 |
| 1980s | 1,004 | #1,093 (1982) | #1,358 |
| 1990s | 554 | #1,781 (1990) | #2,504 |
| 2000s | 303 | #3,271 (2000) | #4,658 |
| 2010s | 126 | #6,382 (2010) | #9,517 |
| 2020s | 13 | #12,161 (2024) | #12,813 |
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.
Lindsy in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 14,583 of them was named Lindsy, which outranked 90.5% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,185Kiersten119
- #1,185Phoebe119
- #1,185Tiesha119
- #1,193Lindsy118
- #1,193Alishia118
- #1,193Juliann118
- #1,193Kenyatta118
- #1,201Adam117
- #1,201Dalia117
- #1,201Diandra117
Tied with 7 names at #1,193; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.