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 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
More about 1988
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1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 19,570 of them was named Lindley, which outranked 89.3% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,477Ronda92
- #1,477Susanne92
- #1,477Viridiana92
- #1,491Lindley91
- #1,491Aleah91
- #1,491Annabel91
- #1,491Blake91
- #1,506Alondra90
- #1,506Aundrea90
- #1,506Destini90
Tied with 14 names at #1,491; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.