Linsey
- #11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- Last seen for boys in 1996 at #9,015
- Given to girls 95.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1985 · 296 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,125since 1948
Linsey over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Linsey has never cracked the top 600 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #11,932 | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 | — | |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 | — | |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 | — | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #7,716 | 14 | — | |
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 | — | |
| 2017 | #7,092 | 16 | — | |
| 2016 | #7,602 | 15 | — | |
| 2015 | #6,236 | 20 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,025 | 27 | — | |
| 2013 | #5,834 | 22 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,387 | 33 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,207 | 26 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,974 | 28 | — | |
| 2009 | #4,107 | 37 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,584 | 45 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,787 | 65 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,512 | 73 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,140 | 86 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,909 | 98 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,947 | 93 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,955 | 90 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,573 | 118 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,602 | 110 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,476 | 117 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,416 | 121 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,656 | 95 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,225 | 143 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #1,370 | 120 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,152 | 154 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,148 | 154 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,006 | 187 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,083 | 167 | — | |
| 1990 | #990 | 186 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #1,014 | 169 | — | |
| 1988 | #880 | 200 | — | |
| 1987 | #817 | 214 | — | |
| 1986 | #867 | 191 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #631 | 296 | — | |
| 1984 | #668 | 258 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #717 | 233 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #664 | 267 | — | |
| 1981 | #853 | 182 | — | |
| 1980 | #990 | 149 | — | |
| 1979 | #985 | 145 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,358 | 87 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,483 | 74 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,794 | 52 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #2,680 | 28 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | — | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | — | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | — | |
| 1969 | — | #3,595 | 7 | |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | — | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | #4,048 | 5 | |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | #3,356 | 7 | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | #3,290 | 7 | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | — | |
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | #3,942 | 5 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,435 | 11 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,942 | 8 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,391 | 11 | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | — | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | #3,019 | 7 | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | #2,964 | 7 | |
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
| 1940 | — | #3,130 | 6 | |
| 1939 | — | #3,113 | 6 | |
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | #3,549 | 5 | |
| 1935 | — | #3,252 | 6 | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | #3,361 | 6 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,592 | 6 | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | #3,357 | 7 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,912 | 9 | |
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | #3,408 | 7 | |
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | #2,765 | 10 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,115 | 8 | |
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | #3,825 | 5 | |
| 1914 | — | — | ||
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| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1948
The first year at least five girls were named Linsey! It came in at #5,243, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1948–1967, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Linsey is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Linsey in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Linsey
Momentum · girls
Brand new
- 1,545 spots since 2024 (#13,477 → #11,932)
- 5,696 spots since 2015 (#6,236 → #11,932)
- Biggest jump: 373 spots in 1979
- Biggest drop: 236 spots in 1986
Rise & fade · girls
37 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1948
- Peaked 1985 at #631 (296 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1979–1988
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,814
- Highest: 1 in 5,814 girls born in 1985 were named Linsey (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 42.1% of all girls named Linsey (2,159) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #5,243 (1948) | #5,243 |
| 1950s | 15 | #5,414 (1951) | #5,693 |
| 1960s | 8 | #5,147 (1968) | #5,147 |
| 1970s | 423 | #985 (1979) | #4,295 |
| 1980s | 2,159 | #631 (1985) | #810 |
| 1990s | 1,444 | #990 (1990) | #1,252 |
| 2000s | 815 | #1,573 (2001) | #2,412 |
| 2010s | 213 | #4,387 (2012) | #6,269 |
| 2020s | 43 | #8,055 (2023) | #10,997 |
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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