Lyndon
#6,838 for girls in 2025, 16 births · #2,183 for boys in 2025, 65 births
Given to boys 95.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1964 · 515 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,705since 1904
Lyndon over time
Rank among boys' names. Lyndon has never cracked the top 300 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 | #6,838 | 16 | #2,183 | 65 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | #1,752 | 94 |
| 2023 | #7,640 | 14 | #1,851 | 86 |
| 2022 | #6,464 | 18 | #1,760 | 94 |
| 2021 | #6,414 | 18 | #1,591 | 108 |
| 2020 | #4,880 | 26 | #1,673 | 95 |
| 2019 | #7,342 | 15 | #1,494 | 114 |
| 2018 | #4,076 | 35 | #1,530 | 111 |
| 2017 | #4,477 | 31 | #1,195 | 155 |
| 2016 | #5,445 | 24 | #1,326 | 135 |
| 2015 | #5,458 | 24 | #1,190 | 155 |
| 2014 | #5,993 | 21 | #1,237 | 147 |
| 2013 | #7,031 | 17 | #1,277 | 136 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | #1,383 | 121 |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 | #1,364 | 123 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 | #1,503 | 108 |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 | #1,497 | 111 |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 | #1,633 | 95 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | #1,405 | 116 |
| 2006 | — | #1,551 | 95 | |
| 2005 | #7,891 | 14 | #1,603 | 85 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #1,446 | 96 |
| 2003 | — | #1,438 | 91 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,792 | 64 | |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #1,763 | 64 |
| 2000 | — | #1,514 | 79 | |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #1,395 | 84 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #1,231 | 99 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | #1,242 | 93 |
| 1996 | — | #1,292 | 85 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,338 | 77 | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #1,332 | 77 |
| 1993 | — | #1,238 | 84 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,281 | 78 | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #1,117 | 96 |
| 1990 | — | #1,102 | 94 | |
| 1989 | — | #891 | 128 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,013 | 93 | |
| 1987 | — | #943 | 100 | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #937 | 95 |
| 1985 | — | #1,007 | 82 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,084 | 68 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,040 | 72 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,096 | 69 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,270 | 52 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,272 | 53 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,370 | 46 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,452 | 41 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,335 | 46 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,210 | 51 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,238 | 47 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,151 | 51 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,082 | 56 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,473 | 33 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,289 | 42 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,051 | 60 | |
| 1969 | — | #817 | 89 | |
| 1968 | — | #799 | 86 | |
| 1967 | — | #732 | 101 | |
| 1966 | — | #591 | 161 | |
| 1965 | — | #442 | 306 | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #345 | 515 |
| 1963 | — | #594 | 175 | |
| 1962 | — | #632 | 148 | |
| 1961 | — | #549 | 206 | |
| 1960 | — | #505 | 247 | |
| 1959 | — | #560 | 193 | |
| 1958 | — | #606 | 161 | |
| 1957 | — | #608 | 159 | |
| 1956 | — | #638 | 141 | |
| 1955 | — | #753 | 95 | |
| 1954 | — | #813 | 79 | |
| 1953 | — | #884 | 66 | |
| 1952 | — | #883 | 63 | |
| 1951 | — | #791 | 79 | |
| 1950 | — | #806 | 71 | |
| 1949 | — | #798 | 74 | |
| 1948 | — | #795 | 73 | |
| 1947 | — | #861 | 65 | |
| 1946 | — | #799 | 69 | |
| 1945 | — | #927 | 48 | |
| 1944 | — | #735 | 71 | |
| 1943 | — | #628 | 102 | |
| 1942 | — | #729 | 78 | |
| 1941 | — | #644 | 90 | |
| 1940 | — | #939 | 46 | |
| 1939 | — | #992 | 41 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,125 | 33 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,180 | 31 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,068 | 36 | |
| 1935 | — | #992 | 41 | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #1,133 | 34 |
| 1933 | — | #1,330 | 25 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,236 | 30 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,194 | 33 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,215 | 34 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,154 | 36 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,293 | 31 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,293 | 32 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,242 | 34 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,164 | 37 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,287 | 32 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,322 | 30 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,107 | 41 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,159 | 38 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,180 | 37 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,122 | 38 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,152 | 36 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,291 | 28 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,120 | 34 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,015 | 39 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,300 | 21 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,365 | 15 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,268 | 14 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
| 1910 | — | #928 | 12 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
| 1906 | — | #927 | 8 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Lyndon! It came in at #1,064, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1907–1909, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Lyndon is popular in 2016
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Indiana#524 · 1 in 2,964
- Wisconsin#759 · 1 in 5,385
- Louisiana#809 · 1 in 4,912
- Georgia#841 · 1 in 5,975
- Tennessee#926 · 1 in 7,240
Best ever in a state: #147 in North Dakota, 1959.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | #524 | 12 | 1 in 2,964 |
| Wisconsin | #759 | 5 | 1 in 5,385 |
| Louisiana | #809 | 5 | 1 in 4,912 |
| Georgia | #841 | 9 | 1 in 5,975 |
| Tennessee | #926 | 5 | 1 in 7,240 |
| Michigan | #981 | 6 | 1 in 7,957 |
| Texas | #1,111 | 17 | 1 in 10,895 |
| North Carolina | #1,118 | 5 | 1 in 10,395 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,195 | 5 | 1 in 11,846 |
| Florida | #1,236 | 8 | 1 in 12,242 |
| New York | #1,579 | 6 | 1 in 16,666 |
| California | #2,062 | 7 | 1 in 31,955 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Lyndon
- 431 spots since 2024 (#1,752 → #2,183)
- 510 spots since 2020 (#1,673 → #2,183)
- 993 spots since 2015 (#1,190 → #2,183)
- Biggest jump: 306 spots in 1906 (#1,233 → #927)
- Biggest drop: 609 spots in 1911 (#928 → #1,537)
- Debuted 1904
- Peaked 1964 at #345 (515 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1939–1969
- Highest: 1 in 3,869 boys born in 1964 were named Lyndon (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 26,278 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 21.0% of all boys named Lyndon (2,034) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 24 | #927 (1906) | #1,142 |
| 1910s | 243 | #928 (1910) | #1,210 |
| 1920s | 348 | #1,107 (1922) | #1,220 |
| 1930s | 338 | #992 (1935) | #1,147 |
| 1940s | 716 | #628 (1943) | #786 |
| 1950s | 1,107 | #560 (1959) | #734 |
| 1960s | 2,034 | #345 (1964) | #601 |
| 1970s | 473 | #1,051 (1970) | #1,265 |
| 1980s | 812 | #891 (1989) | #1,055 |
| 1990s | 867 | #1,102 (1990) | #1,257 |
| 2000s | 896 | #1,405 (2007) | #1,564 |
| 2010s | 1,305 | #1,190 (2015) | #1,350 |
| 2020s | 542 | #1,591 (2021) | #1,802 |
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.
Lyndon in 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 73,834 of them was named Lyndon, which outranked 71.2% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,284Zeva25
- #5,284Zlata25
- #5,284Zuleika25
- #5,445Lyndon24
- #5,445Aamina24
- #5,445Acelyn24
- #5,445Adaiah24
- #5,622Aalyiah23
- #5,622Aamani23
- #5,622Aaron23
Tied with 176 names at #5,445; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 14,057 of them was named Lyndon, which outranked 90.7% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).