Linsay

Peak · girls
1984 · 50 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
673
since 1976

Linsay over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Linsay has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,018, 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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2010#16,9925
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2008#11,5999
2007#8,09815
2006#13,6067
2005#9,45211
2004#9,89210
2003#11,3258
2002#12,1877
2001#10,1029
2000#10,7458
1999#7,71612
1998#7,53212
1997#10,8367
1996#5,53117
1995#6,64113
1994#7,60411
1993#4,82620
1992#5,05119
1991#4,32923
1990#4,86819
1989#2,71441
1988#3,39328
1987#2,57239
1986#2,90332
1985#2,31743
1984#2,01850
1983#2,27242
1982#2,36941
1981#3,14727
1980#3,13427
1979#3,66821
1978#6,3859
1977#4,06917
1976#6,6118
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First appearance
1976

The first year at least five girls were named Linsay! It came in at #6,611, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2009–2014, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Linsay is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Linsay in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Linsay
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1976
  • Peaked 1984 at #2,018 (50 births)
  • Births halved by 1990, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 33,676
  • Highest: 1 in 33,676 girls born in 1984 were named Linsay (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 297,516 girls born in 2015 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 55.0% of all girls named Linsay (370) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s55#3,668 (1979)#5,183
1980s370#2,018 (1984)#2,684
1990s153#4,329 (1991)#6,493
2000s84#8,098 (2007)#10,778
2010s11#14,482 (2015)#15,737

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.

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