Lyndal
- Last seen for girls in 1960 at #5,696
- Last seen for boys in 1976 at #4,935
- Given to boys 56.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1941 · 15 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 399since 1913
Lyndal over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
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| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,375 | 6 | |
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| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
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| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,982 | 8 | |
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | #3,646 | 6 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,504 | 11 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,706 | 10 | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #2,535 | 11 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | — | #2,177 | 14 | |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #2,628 | 10 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | #2,114 | 14 |
| 1953 | — | #2,391 | 11 | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #2,135 | 13 |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 | #2,321 | 11 |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 | #2,453 | 10 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #2,354 | 18 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 | #2,143 | 12 |
| 1945 | #2,458 | 13 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 | #1,890 | 14 |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | #1,986 | 14 |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #2,268 | 11 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | #1,821 | 15 |
| 1940 | #2,203 | 14 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #1,947 | 17 | #2,449 | 9 |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 | #2,084 | 12 |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 | #2,452 | 9 |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #2,396 | 10 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | — | |
| 1933 | — | #3,004 | 7 | |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | — | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #2,079 | 14 |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | — | #3,697 | 6 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,912 | 9 | |
| 1926 | — | #4,201 | 5 | |
| 1925 | — | #4,197 | 5 | |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | — | |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 | — | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #3,489 | 7 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | — | |
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| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | — | |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | — | |
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| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1913
The first year at least five boys were named Lyndal! It came in at #2,821, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1913–1919, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Lyndal is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Lyndal in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Lyndal
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1976
Rise & fade · boys
28 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1941 at #1,821 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 78,384
- Highest: 1 in 78,384 boys born in 1930 were named Lyndal (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 261,501 boys born in 1976 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,821 in 1941, was only 1 in 81,888 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1940s
- 26.1% of all boys named Lyndal (104) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1958
- Mostly girls until 1957, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #2,821 (1913) | #2,821 |
| 1920s | 39 | #2,912 (1927) | #3,624 |
| 1930s | 72 | #2,079 (1930) | #2,672 |
| 1940s | 104 | #1,821 (1941) | #2,250 |
| 1950s | 104 | #2,114 (1954) | #2,600 |
| 1960s | 57 | #2,504 (1962) | #3,142 |
| 1970s | 18 | #4,375 (1971) | #4,584 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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