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
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Linsey has never cracked the top 600 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
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| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Utah#353 · 1 in 1,996
- Wisconsin#456 · 1 in 4,239
- Michigan#477 · 1 in 4,038
- Alabama#559 · 1 in 4,268
- Florida#560 · 1 in 4,429
Best ever in a state: #224 in Nebraska, 1983.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #353 | 7 | 1 in 1,996 |
| Wisconsin | #456 | 7 | 1 in 4,239 |
| Michigan | #477 | 14 | 1 in 4,038 |
| Alabama | #559 | 5 | 1 in 4,268 |
| Florida | #560 | 15 | 1 in 4,429 |
| Ohio | #576 | 12 | 1 in 5,662 |
| Massachusetts | #639 | 5 | 1 in 7,019 |
| Indiana | #656 | 5 | 1 in 6,573 |
| Arizona | #682 | 5 | 1 in 4,685 |
| Texas | #968 | 14 | 1 in 9,405 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,043 | 5 | 1 in 13,746 |
| New York | #1,081 | 10 | 1 in 10,849 |
| California | #1,216 | 16 | 1 in 12,981 |
| Illinois | #1,237 | 5 | 1 in 14,187 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
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| North Carolina | — | — | — |
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| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Linsey
- 1,545 spots since 2024 (#13,477 → #11,932)
- 5,696 spots since 2015 (#6,236 → #11,932)
- Biggest jump: 373 spots in 1979 (#1,358 → #985)
- Biggest drop: 236 spots in 1986 (#631 → #867)
- Debuted 1948
- Peaked 1985 at #631 (296 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1979–1988
- 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%)
- 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.
Linsey in 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 8,982 of them was named Linsey, which outranked 93.2% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #861Siobhan192
- #861Stefani192
- #861Venessa192
- #867Linsey191
- #867Andria191
- #867Britta191
- #867Candis191
- #873Alina190
- #873Lynda190
- #873Rena190
Tied with 5 names at #867; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 306,919 of them was named Linsey, which outranked 24.3% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,332Zebulin7
- #5,332Zeeshan7
- #5,332Ziad7
- #5,926Linsey6
- #5,926Aaric6
- #5,926Aarin6
- #5,926Abayomi6
- #6,721Aalok5
- #6,721Aamer5
- #6,721Aaronjames5
Tied with 794 names at #5,926; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.