Lyndsay

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #9,680

Peak · girls
1983 · 393 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,716
since 1973

Lyndsay over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lyndsay has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201977peak #495, 1983girls
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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
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
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2022#9,68010
2021—
2020#11,0908
2019#13,7996
2018—
2017#8,29913
2016#9,41111
2015#9,48111
2014#7,63615
2013#11,9698
2012#5,11427
2011#6,14821
2010#4,60831
2009#3,73742
2008#3,64544
2007#3,02358
2006#2,81562
2005#2,14086
2004#2,15583
2003#2,26075
2002#2,26372
2001#1,88792
2000#1,431128
1999#1,461118
1998#1,373125
1997#1,232145
1996#1,275136
1995#1,090163
1994#926204
1993#908212
1992#777265
1991#783261
1990#713294
1989#664306
1988#600333
1987#585337
1986#567349
1985#514392
1984#532362
1983#495393
1982#502403
1981#644275
1980#790208
1979#912162
1978#1,096119
1977#1,075121
1976#1,24490
1975#2,96924
1974#5,01111
1973#8,4235
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First appearance
1973

The first year at least five girls were named Lyndsay! It came in at #8,423, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2018, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Lyndsay is popular in 1977

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedWIMichigan: #695 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 7,139 girlsMINew York: #1,645 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 20,368 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedSDIowa: #342 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,706 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedINOhio: #574 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,845 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #920 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 8,309 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedHITexas: #1,080 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 11,163 girlsTXFlorida: #951 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,642 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Iowa#342 · 1 in 2,706
  2. Ohio#574 · 1 in 5,845
  3. Michigan#695 · 1 in 7,139
  4. California#920 · 1 in 8,309
  5. Florida#951 · 1 in 8,642

Best ever in a state: #143 in Rhode Island, 1982.

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Iowa#34271 in 2,706
Ohio#574121 in 5,845
Michigan#69581 in 7,139
California#920181 in 8,309
Florida#95151 in 8,642
Texas#1,08091 in 11,163
New York#1,64551 in 20,368
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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 Lyndsay
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
  • Biggest jump: 184 spots in 1979 (#1,096 → #912)
  • Biggest drop: 164 spots in 1995 (#926 → #1,090)
Rise & fade · girls
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1973
  • Peaked 1983 at #495 (393 births)
  • Births halved by 1995, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1979–1994
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,202
  • Highest: 1 in 4,202 girls born in 1982 were named Lyndsay (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 164,013 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #495 in 1983, was only 1 in 4,251 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 50.0% of all girls named Lyndsay (3,358) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s532#912 (1979)#2,961
1980s3,358#495 (1983)#589
1990s1,923#713 (1990)#1,054
2000s742#1,431 (2000)#2,536
2010s143#4,608 (2010)#8,496
2020s18#9,680 (2022)#10,385

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.

Lyndsay in 1977

girls
#1,075
121 births · 1 in 12,671 girls

Top girls' names in 1977

  1. #1Jennifer58,964
  2. #2Melissa26,879
  3. #3Amy26,729
  4. #4Jessica24,846
  5. #5Heather23,773
  6. #6Angela20,998
  7. #7Michelle19,540
  8. #8Kimberly18,286
  9. #9Amanda18,278
  10. #10Kelly18,234
  11. #1,075Lyndsay121
More about 1977

girls

1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 12,671 of them was named Lyndsay, which outranked 90.5% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lyndsay
  1. #1,067Tonja122
  2. #1,067Torie122
  3. #1,067Zoe122
  4. #1,075Lyndsay121
  5. #1,075Lia121
  6. #1,075Lucille121
  7. #1,075Roseann121
  8. #1,079Denice120
  9. #1,079Estella120
  10. #1,079Geraldine120

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,746Shawnte#2,486 → #740
  2. ↑ 1,077Jacklyn#2,060 → #983
  3. ↑ 775Talia#1,482 → #707
  4. ↑ 605Haley#1,047 → #442
  5. ↑ 576Raven#1,154 → #578
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,033Liberty#543 → #1,576
  2. ↓ 464Luciana#545 → #1,009
  3. ↓ 441Danyel#999 → #1,440
  4. ↓ 428Chaka#897 → #1,325
  5. ↓ 322Catina#861 → #1,183

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1977 →