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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201981peak #495, 1983girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
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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 1981

  • 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: #498 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,451 girlsWAIdaho: 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: #414 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,637 girlsMNIllinois: #916 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 9,394 girlsILWisconsin: #556 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,236 girlsWIMichigan: #391 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,087 girlsMINew York: #719 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 5,961 girlsNYMassachusetts: #429 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,513 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedRIOregon: #338 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,121 girlsORNevada: 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: #415 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,883 girlsIAIndiana: #300 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,181 girlsINOhio: #402 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 3,284 girlsOHPennsylvania: #594 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,779 girlsPANew Jersey: #638 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,324 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #981 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 9,542 girlsCAUtah: #342 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,017 girlsUTColorado: #498 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,461 girlsCONebraska: #210 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,210 girlsNEMissouri: #479 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,010 girlsMOKentucky: #498 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,774 girlsKYWest 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: #305 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,934 girlsKSArkansas: #383 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,544 girlsARTennessee: 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: #485 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,350 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedMSAlabama: #583 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,547 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedHITexas: #906 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 8,838 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nebraska#210 · 1 in 1,210
  2. Indiana#300 · 1 in 2,181
  3. Kansas#305 · 1 in 1,934
  4. Oregon#338 · 1 in 2,121
  5. Utah#342 · 1 in 2,017

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nebraska#21091 in 1,210
Indiana#300161 in 2,181
Kansas#30581 in 1,934
Oregon#33881 in 2,121
Utah#34281 in 2,017
Arkansas#38351 in 2,544
Michigan#391191 in 3,087
Ohio#402221 in 3,284
Minnesota#41481 in 3,637
Iowa#41551 in 3,883
Massachusetts#42991 in 3,513
Missouri#47981 in 4,010
Oklahoma#48561 in 3,350
Colorado#49861 in 3,461
Kentucky#49851 in 4,774
Washington#49881 in 3,451
Wisconsin#55651 in 6,236
Alabama#58351 in 4,547
Pennsylvania#594121 in 5,779
New Jersey#63871 in 5,324
New York#719171 in 5,961
Texas#906141 in 8,838
Illinois#91681 in 9,394
California#981191 in 9,542
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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 1981

girls
#644
275 births · 1 in 6,066 girls

Top girls' names in 1981

  1. #1Jennifer57,046
  2. #2Jessica42,531
  3. #3Amanda34,372
  4. #4Sarah28,175
  5. #5Melissa28,005
  6. #6Amy20,345
  7. #7Nicole20,310
  8. #8Stephanie20,212
  9. #9Elizabeth20,168
  10. #10Heather17,946
  11. #644Lyndsay275
More about 1981

girls

1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 6,066 of them was named Lyndsay, which outranked 94.7% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lyndsay
  1. #640Eliza277
  2. #640Ingrid277
  3. #643Karissa276
  4. #644Lyndsay275
  5. #645Cristin274
  6. #646Carey273
  7. #646Daphne273
Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,850Tashina#4,743 → #893
  2. ↑ 2,742Krystle#3,215 → #473
  3. ↑ 1,800Tierra#2,342 → #542
  4. ↑ 1,398Martine#2,189 → #791
  5. ↑ 999Nereida#1,981 → #982
Fallers
  1. ↓ 764Kylene#990 → #1,754
  2. ↓ 607Renada#708 → #1,315
  3. ↓ 560Ashanti#822 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 399Renata#336 → #735
  5. ↓ 395Tracee#959 → #1,354

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

See the top 100 for 1981 →