Lyndell
- Last seen for girls in 1989 at #10,847
- #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Given to boys 70.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1942 · 40 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,965since 1915
Lyndell 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | #8,312 | 9 | |
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | #10,863 | 6 | |
| 2021 | — | #8,166 | 9 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,067 | 9 | |
| 2019 | — | #10,803 | 6 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,703 | 12 | |
| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | — | #9,664 | 7 | |
| 2015 | — | #8,040 | 9 | |
| 2014 | — | #6,307 | 13 | |
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2010 | — | #12,231 | 5 | |
| 2009 | — | #9,864 | 7 | |
| 2008 | — | #7,187 | 11 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,622 | 12 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,525 | 15 | |
| 2005 | — | #6,226 | 12 | |
| 2004 | — | #9,948 | 6 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,877 | 12 | |
| 2002 | — | #10,667 | 5 | |
| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,920 | 11 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,139 | 8 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,159 | 12 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,100 | 9 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,187 | 11 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,791 | 12 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,109 | 11 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,819 | 16 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,604 | 17 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,989 | 21 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,467 | 17 | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #2,989 | 20 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | — | #3,339 | 14 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,131 | 15 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,357 | 22 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,956 | 15 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,884 | 10 | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | #2,569 | 18 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | — | #2,897 | 15 | |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | #2,929 | 14 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #1,828 | 27 |
| 1975 | — | #2,751 | 14 | |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | #1,747 | 27 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | #1,817 | 24 |
| 1972 | #4,300 | 13 | #2,418 | 15 |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 | #1,668 | 28 |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | #1,794 | 24 |
| 1969 | — | #1,605 | 26 | |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 | #1,455 | 29 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #1,312 | 33 |
| 1966 | #2,937 | 18 | #1,401 | 30 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | #1,386 | 31 |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 | #1,263 | 38 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | #1,338 | 34 |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 | #1,805 | 20 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 | #1,303 | 37 |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 | #1,295 | 37 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 | #1,439 | 30 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 | #1,511 | 27 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | #1,278 | 37 |
| 1956 | #2,622 | 19 | #1,722 | 21 |
| 1955 | #3,095 | 14 | #1,396 | 30 |
| 1954 | #2,779 | 16 | #1,593 | 23 |
| 1953 | #2,699 | 16 | #1,231 | 37 |
| 1952 | #2,266 | 21 | #1,517 | 25 |
| 1951 | #2,016 | 24 | #1,218 | 36 |
| 1950 | #2,053 | 22 | #1,256 | 33 |
| 1949 | #1,882 | 26 | #1,462 | 25 |
| 1948 | #1,901 | 25 | #1,460 | 25 |
| 1947 | #2,089 | 22 | #1,449 | 26 |
| 1946 | #1,970 | 22 | #1,509 | 22 |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 | #1,349 | 24 |
| 1944 | #1,578 | 27 | #1,525 | 20 |
| 1943 | #1,834 | 22 | #1,280 | 29 |
| 1942 | #1,860 | 21 | #1,074 | 40 |
| 1941 | #2,397 | 13 | #1,532 | 20 |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 | #1,183 | 32 |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | #1,323 | 25 |
| 1938 | #2,447 | 12 | #1,439 | 22 |
| 1937 | #2,940 | 9 | #1,403 | 23 |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 | #1,463 | 21 |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | #1,708 | 17 |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 | #1,658 | 18 |
| 1933 | #2,540 | 11 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 | #1,387 | 25 |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 | #1,170 | 34 |
| 1930 | — | #1,753 | 18 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #1,933 | 16 |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | #2,659 | 10 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | #1,647 | 22 |
| 1926 | #2,076 | 18 | #2,725 | 10 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | #2,089 | 15 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 | #3,023 | 9 |
| 1923 | #2,366 | 15 | #2,446 | 12 |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 | #2,152 | 15 |
| 1920 | #2,590 | 13 | #2,336 | 13 |
| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 | #3,736 | 6 |
| 1918 | #2,519 | 13 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #2,423 | 11 |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 | #2,926 | 8 |
| 1915 | #2,384 | 12 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | #2,125 | 11 | — | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
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| 1911 | — | — | ||
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| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1915
The first year at least five boys were named Lyndell! It came in at #3,082, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2012, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Lyndell is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Lyndell in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Lyndell
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 3,696 spots since 2024 (#8,312 → #12,008)
- 3,941 spots since 2020 (#8,067 → #12,008)
- 3,968 spots since 2015 (#8,040 → #12,008)
Rise & fade · boys
27 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1942 at #1,074 (40 births)
- Births halved by 1944, 2 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 30,578
- Highest: 1 in 30,578 boys born in 1931 were named Lyndell (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,074 in 1942, was only 1 in 34,529 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 16.0% of all boys named Lyndell (315) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1950
- Mostly girls until 1949, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 40 | #2,423 (1917) | #3,053 |
| 1920s | 130 | #1,647 (1927) | #2,426 |
| 1930s | 220 | #1,170 (1931) | #1,501 |
| 1940s | 263 | #1,074 (1942) | #1,382 |
| 1950s | 299 | #1,218 (1951) | #1,416 |
| 1960s | 315 | #1,263 (1964) | #1,416 |
| 1970s | 201 | #1,668 (1971) | #2,289 |
| 1980s | 148 | #2,357 (1985) | #3,262 |
| 1990s | 134 | #2,989 (1991) | #4,736 |
| 2000s | 96 | #5,525 (2006) | #7,839 |
| 2010s | 75 | #6,307 (2014) | #9,076 |
| 2020s | 44 | #8,067 (2020) | #9,706 |
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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