Lindley
#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to girls 61.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1988 · 91 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,000since 1943
Lindley over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #7,885 | 13 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 | — | |
| 2023 | #7,247 | 15 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,582 | 30 | — | |
| 2021 | #5,748 | 21 | — | |
| 2020 | #6,083 | 19 | — | |
| 2019 | #6,698 | 17 | — | |
| 2018 | #5,619 | 22 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,477 | 31 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,531 | 31 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,725 | 29 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,003 | 37 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,336 | 33 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,707 | 30 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,063 | 27 | — | |
| 2010 | #5,247 | 26 | — | |
| 2009 | #5,226 | 27 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,073 | 18 | — | |
| 2007 | #5,709 | 24 | — | |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 | — | |
| 2005 | #7,138 | 16 | — | |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 | — | |
| 2003 | #5,795 | 20 | — | |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 | — | |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | — | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | — | |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,008 | 15 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,253 | 14 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,879 | 38 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #1,491 | 91 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,624 | 24 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | — | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | — | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | #3,836 | 7 | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | #2,907 | 9 | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | — | #3,050 | 8 | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #2,115 | 15 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | — | #3,037 | 8 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,552 | 6 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,497 | 11 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,558 | 10 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,942 | 8 | |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | — | #2,073 | 14 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,838 | 17 | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1948 | — | #2,115 | 13 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,498 | 10 | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #2,143 | 12 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #2,131 | 11 |
| 1944 | — | #2,309 | 10 | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | — | #2,523 | 9 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,083 | 12 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,478 | 9 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,159 | 11 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,976 | 13 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,629 | 8 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,719 | 8 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,770 | 16 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,995 | 14 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,328 | 11 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,022 | 8 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,766 | 9 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,659 | 10 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,703 | 10 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,302 | 13 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,588 | 11 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,867 | 6 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,331 | 13 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,486 | 12 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,059 | 16 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,966 | 17 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,385 | 12 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,260 | 13 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,091 | 14 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,152 | 13 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,310 | 11 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,271 | 9 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,945 | 9 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,527 | 11 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #978 | 6 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Lindley! It came in at #4,691, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1943–1948, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Lindley
- 634 spots since 2024 (#7,251 → #7,885)
- 1,802 spots since 2020 (#6,083 → #7,885)
- 3,160 spots since 2015 (#4,725 → #7,885)
- Debuted 1943
- Peaked 1988 at #1,491 (91 births)
- Births halved by 1989, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 19,570 girls born in 1988 were named Lindley (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 28.3% of all girls named Lindley (283) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1975, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 22 | #4,235 (1949) | #4,611 |
| 1950s | 11 | #5,040 (1953) | #5,171 |
| 1960s | 31 | #4,882 (1961) | #5,798 |
| 1970s | 35 | #5,958 (1978) | #6,539 |
| 1980s | 221 | #1,491 (1988) | #4,853 |
| 1990s | 112 | #5,060 (1990) | #8,084 |
| 2000s | 172 | #5,226 (2009) | #7,121 |
| 2010s | 283 | #4,003 (2014) | #4,941 |
| 2020s | 113 | #4,582 (2022) | #6,466 |
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.
Lindley in 1943
Top girls' names in 1943
Top boys' names in 1943
More about 1943
girls
1,395,293 girls got a published name in 1943; 1 in 279,059 of them was named Lindley, which outranked 12.6% of the 5,367 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 676 names at #4,691; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,427,297 boys got a published name in 1943; 1 in 237,883 of them was named Lindley, which outranked 20.0% of the 4,040 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,964Yancy7
- #2,964Zenon7
- #2,964Zollie7
- #3,231Lindley6
- #3,231Abdon6
- #3,231Abdul6
- #3,231Able6
- #3,538Abbott5
- #3,538Abelino5
- #3,538Abundio5
Tied with 306 names at #3,231; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.