Lynsey
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161
- Peak · girls
- 1982 · 254 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,929since 1966
Lynsey over time
Rank among girls' names. Lynsey has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 |
| 2014 | #5,163 | 26 |
| 2013 | #9,036 | 12 |
| 2012 | #8,208 | 14 |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 |
| 2010 | #6,382 | 20 |
| 2009 | #4,482 | 33 |
| 2008 | #4,882 | 30 |
| 2007 | #3,653 | 44 |
| 2006 | #3,017 | 56 |
| 2005 | #2,379 | 74 |
| 2004 | #2,044 | 89 |
| 2003 | #2,125 | 82 |
| 2002 | #1,805 | 99 |
| 2001 | #1,700 | 106 |
| 2000 | #1,511 | 121 |
| 1999 | #1,431 | 122 |
| 1998 | #1,242 | 146 |
| 1997 | #1,368 | 125 |
| 1996 | #1,296 | 133 |
| 1995 | #1,080 | 165 |
| 1994 | #1,199 | 147 |
| 1993 | #1,041 | 177 |
| 1992 | #1,076 | 168 |
| 1991 | #952 | 199 |
| 1990 | #990 | 186 |
| 1989 | #922 | 195 |
| 1988 | #759 | 246 |
| 1987 | #779 | 227 |
| 1986 | #783 | 216 |
| 1985 | #715 | 241 |
| 1984 | #732 | 223 |
| 1983 | #774 | 206 |
| 1982 | #693 | 254 |
| 1981 | #948 | 155 |
| 1980 | #1,216 | 108 |
| 1979 | #981 | 146 |
| 1978 | #1,194 | 105 |
| 1977 | #1,774 | 57 |
| 1976 | #1,729 | 55 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 |
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| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 |
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| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Lynsey! It came in at #5,273, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1967–1968, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Lynsey is popular in 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#412 · 1 in 3,135
- Mississippi#451 · 1 in 2,660
- Minnesota#466 · 1 in 4,498
- Indiana#481 · 1 in 4,015
- Colorado#485 · 1 in 3,498
Best ever in a state: #247 in Idaho, 1985.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #412 | 9 | 1 in 3,135 |
| Mississippi | #451 | 5 | 1 in 2,660 |
| Minnesota | #466 | 6 | 1 in 4,498 |
| Indiana | #481 | 8 | 1 in 4,015 |
| Colorado | #485 | 6 | 1 in 3,498 |
| Georgia | #513 | 10 | 1 in 3,919 |
| Wisconsin | #570 | 5 | 1 in 5,790 |
| Florida | #591 | 14 | 1 in 4,958 |
| Louisiana | #613 | 6 | 1 in 4,385 |
| Missouri | #638 | 5 | 1 in 6,249 |
| Pennsylvania | #649 | 11 | 1 in 6,293 |
| Michigan | #652 | 10 | 1 in 5,797 |
| Washington | #672 | 5 | 1 in 5,437 |
| Ohio | #688 | 9 | 1 in 7,523 |
| New Jersey | #756 | 6 | 1 in 7,262 |
| Texas | #800 | 19 | 1 in 6,783 |
| New York | #1,125 | 10 | 1 in 11,186 |
| Illinois | #1,133 | 6 | 1 in 12,097 |
| California | #1,301 | 15 | 1 in 14,341 |
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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 Lynsey
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 268 spots in 1981 (#1,216 → #948)
- Biggest drop: 235 spots in 1980 (#981 → #1,216)
- Debuted 1966
- Peaked 1982 at #693 (254 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1981–1991
- Highest: 1 in 6,667 girls born in 1982 were named Lynsey (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 231,456 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 42.0% of all girls named Lynsey (2,071) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13 | #5,273 (1966) | #5,945 |
| 1970s | 387 | #981 (1979) | #3,768 |
| 1980s | 2,071 | #693 (1982) | #832 |
| 1990s | 1,568 | #952 (1991) | #1,168 |
| 2000s | 734 | #1,511 (2000) | #2,760 |
| 2010s | 132 | #5,163 (2014) | #9,272 |
| 2020s | 24 | #8,953 (2020) | #11,526 |
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.
Lynsey in 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 7,659 of them was named Lynsey, which outranked 94.1% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).