Lynley
- #5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births
- Peak · girls
- 1969 · 19 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 991since 1962
Lynley over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Lynley has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
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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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,554 | 22 |
| 2024 | #5,148 | 25 |
| 2023 | #5,248 | 24 |
| 2022 | #5,984 | 20 |
| 2021 | #3,735 | 40 |
| 2020 | #6,083 | 19 |
| 2019 | #3,552 | 43 |
| 2018 | #3,739 | 40 |
| 2017 | #4,220 | 34 |
| 2016 | #3,411 | 46 |
| 2015 | #4,232 | 34 |
| 2014 | #4,350 | 33 |
| 2013 | #4,422 | 32 |
| 2012 | #5,398 | 25 |
| 2011 | #4,568 | 31 |
| 2010 | #5,977 | 22 |
| 2009 | #5,891 | 23 |
| 2008 | #7,073 | 18 |
| 2007 | #6,552 | 20 |
| 2006 | #5,383 | 25 |
| 2005 | #7,138 | 16 |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 |
| 1989 | #4,248 | 22 |
| 1988 | #3,585 | 26 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
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| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 |
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| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 |
| 1969 | #3,102 | 19 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 |
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First appearance
1962
The first year at least five girls were named Lynley! It came in at #4,263, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1973, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Lynley is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Lynley in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Lynley
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 406 spots since 2024 (#5,148 → #5,554)
- 529 spots since 2020 (#6,083 → #5,554)
- 1,322 spots since 2015 (#4,232 → #5,554)
Rise & fade · girls
7 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1962
- Peaked 1969 at #3,102 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1971, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 38,522
- Highest: 1 in 38,522 girls born in 2016 were named Lynley (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 73,058 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #3,102 in 1969, was only 1 in 88,790 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 34.3% of all girls named Lynley (340) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 85 | #3,102 (1969) | #4,480 |
| 1970s | 83 | #4,492 (1970) | #5,998 |
| 1980s | 113 | #3,585 (1988) | #6,575 |
| 1990s | 74 | #5,949 (1991) | #9,100 |
| 2000s | 146 | #5,383 (2006) | #8,875 |
| 2010s | 340 | #3,411 (2016) | #4,387 |
| 2020s | 150 | #3,735 (2021) | #5,292 |
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.
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