Lindsay
#2,194 for girls in 2025, 84 births · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #9,714
Given to girls 96.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1983 · 8,622 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 16 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 130,365since 1916
Lindsay over time
Rank among girls' names. 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 | #2,194 | 84 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,980 | 99 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,076 | 93 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,763 | 117 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,450 | 148 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #1,654 | 124 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,508 | 144 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,310 | 174 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,141 | 217 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #1,022 | 259 | — | |
| 2015 | #852 | 328 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | #660 | 433 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #687 | 412 | — | |
| 2012 | #710 | 396 | — | |
| 2011 | #654 | 435 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #597 | 492 | — | |
| 2009 | #527 | 575 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #382 | 848 | — | |
| 2007 | #316 | 1,067 | #7,590 | 10 |
| 2006 | #263 | 1,248 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #240 | 1,398 | #6,226 | 12 |
| 2004 | #241 | 1,354 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #260 | 1,229 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #255 | 1,241 | — | |
| 2001 | #210 | 1,502 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #179 | 1,800 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | #169 | 1,849 | #4,162 | 17 |
| 1998 | #161 | 1,939 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #149 | 2,086 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #134 | 2,397 | #3,293 | 21 |
| 1995 | #125 | 2,562 | #3,100 | 22 |
| 1994 | #107 | 3,100 | #4,094 | 15 |
| 1993 | #88 | 3,664 | #3,042 | 22 |
| 1992 | #81 | 4,262 | #2,599 | 27 |
| 1991 | #77 | 4,483 | #2,295 | 31 |
| 1990 | #69 | 5,040 | #1,909 | 40 |
| 1989 | #63 | 5,525 | #1,615 | 49 |
| 1988 | #57 | 6,025 | #1,553 | 47 |
| 1987 | #49 | 6,530 | #1,295 | 57 |
| 1986 | #46 | 6,952 | #1,227 | 61 |
| 1985 | #40 | 7,871 | #984 | 86 |
| 1984 | #36 | 8,510 | #1,042 | 73 |
| 1983 | #36 | 8,622 | #924 | 91 |
| 1982 | #39 | 8,260 | #981 | 84 |
| 1981 | #47 | 5,843 | #1,199 | 58 |
| 1980 | #71 | 4,353 | #1,291 | 52 |
| 1979 | #88 | 3,466 | #1,255 | 54 |
| 1978 | #95 | 3,123 | #1,326 | 47 |
| 1977 | #110 | 2,635 | #1,093 | 63 |
| 1976 | #133 | 2,070 | #1,225 | 50 |
| 1975 | #396 | 515 | #2,065 | 22 |
| 1974 | #690 | 213 | #1,439 | 36 |
| 1973 | #1,015 | 115 | #1,928 | 22 |
| 1972 | #1,516 | 62 | #1,441 | 35 |
| 1971 | #1,376 | 77 | #1,378 | 38 |
| 1970 | #1,306 | 82 | #1,297 | 41 |
| 1969 | #1,517 | 61 | #1,198 | 43 |
| 1968 | #1,324 | 70 | #1,083 | 47 |
| 1967 | #1,640 | 48 | #1,165 | 41 |
| 1966 | #1,430 | 59 | #968 | 56 |
| 1965 | #1,575 | 50 | #854 | 74 |
| 1964 | #1,559 | 53 | #929 | 67 |
| 1963 | #1,330 | 69 | #792 | 92 |
| 1962 | #1,419 | 61 | #709 | 117 |
| 1961 | #1,465 | 58 | #684 | 125 |
| 1960 | #1,501 | 54 | #631 | 152 |
| 1959 | #1,292 | 69 | #716 | 115 |
| 1958 | #1,180 | 81 | #786 | 90 |
| 1957 | #1,051 | 98 | #766 | 96 |
| 1956 | #1,133 | 83 | #749 | 96 |
| 1955 | #1,050 | 92 | #660 | 122 |
| 1954 | #1,123 | 77 | #739 | 94 |
| 1953 | #981 | 95 | #627 | 130 |
| 1952 | #811 | 125 | #695 | 101 |
| 1951 | #846 | 112 | #677 | 106 |
| 1950 | #809 | 116 | #695 | 97 |
| 1949 | #982 | 83 | #856 | 64 |
| 1948 | #1,070 | 68 | #846 | 65 |
| 1947 | #1,170 | 59 | #889 | 61 |
| 1946 | #1,583 | 31 | #878 | 56 |
| 1945 | #1,993 | 18 | #899 | 50 |
| 1944 | #1,808 | 22 | #1,085 | 37 |
| 1943 | #2,352 | 15 | #933 | 51 |
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 | #1,110 | 38 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | #1,066 | 37 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 | #1,031 | 39 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #1,033 | 38 |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | #927 | 46 |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | #967 | 42 |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 | #924 | 44 |
| 1935 | — | #1,098 | 35 | |
| 1934 | — | #982 | 42 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,144 | 33 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,035 | 41 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,128 | 36 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,093 | 40 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,026 | 44 | |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #927 | 53 |
| 1927 | — | #1,128 | 40 | |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #1,192 | 36 |
| 1925 | — | #956 | 50 | |
| 1924 | — | #980 | 52 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,057 | 45 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,140 | 39 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #1,122 | 40 |
| 1920 | — | #903 | 58 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,159 | 36 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,112 | 38 | |
| 1917 | — | #964 | 45 | |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #984 | 42 |
| 1915 | — | #996 | 40 | |
| 1914 | — | #884 | 38 | |
| 1913 | — | #950 | 27 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,137 | 17 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,190 | 9 | |
| 1910 | — | #928 | 12 | |
| 1909 | — | #893 | 11 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,021 | 8 | |
| 1907 | — | #930 | 9 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #836 | 9 | |
| 1904 | — | #647 | 13 | |
| 1903 | — | #734 | 10 | |
| 1902 | — | #794 | 9 | |
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | #649 | 15 | |
| 1899 | — | #661 | 10 | |
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #640 | 11 | |
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | #391 | 21 | |
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | #533 | 13 | |
| 1889 | — | #628 | 10 | |
| 1888 | — | #755 | 8 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | #663 | 9 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #652 | 9 | |
| 1881 | — | #653 | 8 | |
| 1880 | — | #745 | 7 | |
The first year at least five girls were named Lindsay! It came in at #3,919, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1925, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Lindsay
- 214 spots since 2024 (#1,980 → #2,194)
- 540 spots since 2020 (#1,654 → #2,194)
- 1,342 spots since 2015 (#852 → #2,194)
- Biggest jump: 325 spots in 1974 (#1,015 → #690)
- Biggest drop: 192 spots in 2015 (#660 → #852)
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1983 at #36 (8,622 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 16 yrs · run 1978–1993
- Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1974–2015
- Highest: 1 in 194 girls born in 1983 were named Lindsay (0.52%)
- Latest: 1 in 19,134 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 52.5% of all girls named Lindsay (68,491) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #3,919 (1916) | #3,919 |
| 1920s | 19 | #3,743 (1928) | #4,238 |
| 1930s | 34 | #2,032 (1936) | #3,319 |
| 1940s | 327 | #982 (1949) | #1,939 |
| 1950s | 948 | #809 (1950) | #1,028 |
| 1960s | 583 | #1,324 (1968) | #1,476 |
| 1970s | 12,358 | #88 (1979) | #673 |
| 1980s | 68,491 | #36 (1983) | #48 |
| 1990s | 31,382 | #69 (1990) | #116 |
| 2000s | 12,262 | #179 (2000) | #287 |
| 2010s | 3,290 | #597 (2010) | #914 |
| 2020s | 665 | #1,450 (2021) | #1,853 |
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.
Lindsay in 2014
Top girls' names in 2014
Top boys' names in 2014
More about 2014
girls
1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 4,126 of them was named Lindsay, which outranked 96.6% of the 19,232 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #657Ellen435
- #657Karsyn435
- #657Remi435
- #660Lindsay433
- #660Emmy433
- #660Kiley433
- #663Irene432
- #664Dulce431
- #665Amelie430
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
- ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
- ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
- ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
- ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,920,871 boys got a published name in 2014; 1 in 240,109 of them was named Lindsay, which outranked 37.6% of the 14,081 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #8,130Zubin9
- #8,130Zuhair9
- #8,130Zyree9
- #8,781Lindsay8
- #8,781Aadan8
- #8,781Aarik8
- #8,781Aashir8
- #9,642Aaqil7
- #9,642Aaris7
- #9,642Aason7
Tied with 860 names at #8,781; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.