Lindsey

#1,367 for girls in 2025, 161 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #9,894
Given to girls 95.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
1984 · 9,005 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
20 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
157,551
since 1924

Lindsey over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201960peak #35, 1984girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,367161
2024#1,284180#9,8947
2023#1,277179
2022#1,304181
2021#1,215195#10,7996
2020#1,027244#7,03411
2019#956276
2018#839323#7,13611
2017#867315#10,7756
2016#778364#6,34913
2015#610477#7,06611
2014#572534#12,1085
2013#573504#7,53710
2012#523579#7,55910
2011#459647#10,8086
2010#400804#8,1399
2009#3271,010#6,80212
2008#2781,227#8,3249
2007#2251,555#8,1739
2006#1861,886#5,78114
2005#1622,094#5,03416
2004#1462,255#3,21730
2003#1322,540#4,42618
2002#1222,816#4,04420
2001#1053,050#3,72122
2000#1033,211#4,38917
1999#963,417#4,76214
1998#973,465#2,45035
1997#953,636#2,54631
1996#864,112#2,59029
1995#824,377#1,75850
1994#694,988#2,04140
1993#565,845#1,68052
1992#575,893#1,75048
1991#526,460#1,50258
1990#516,782#1,32670
1989#487,069#1,05797
1988#487,001#1,07086
1987#417,457#96895
1986#398,051#872108
1985#378,468#832116
1984#359,005#818114
1983#358,679#772127
1982#407,961#750138
1981#584,863#823114
1980#913,386#95788
1979#1132,758#1,00179
1978#1521,812#90890
1977#1941,381#822107
1976#267873#97772
1975#496361#1,23847
1974#649234#1,19848
1973#1,109101#96270
1972#1,33775#1,02462
1971#1,47369#1,09156
1970#1,45270#91077
1969#1,40268#95165
1968#1,51956#84474
1967#1,53753#77888
1966#1,76641#78585
1965#1,74142#76892
1964#1,68647#77197
1963#1,47857#695124
1962#1,69045#662138
1961#1,32770#651145
1960#1,76441#657141
1959#1,49952#653138
1958#1,31065#636146
1957#1,15384#628149
1956#1,27966#659132
1955#1,55643#592154
1954#1,18671#562169
1953#1,33253#572156
1952#1,17166#615133
1951#1,30351#620129
1950#1,28551#674106
1949#1,33547#71991
1948#1,95324#68197
1947#1,66133#72390
1946#2,09420#67691
1945#2,74211#73669
1944#4,0546#82458
1943#75174
1942#3,7387#80664
1941#3,2528#70876
1940#4,3495#91948
1939#78460
1938#82556
1937#3,4347#79360
1936#85351
1935#80359
1934#86053
1933#84354
1932#72973
1931#99744
1930#74473
1929#88856
1928#85460
1927#91156
1926#90255
1925#93352
1924#5,0615#94455
1923#79170
1922#79172
1921#92058
1920#91157
1919#83262
1918#91852
1917#74969
1916#79061
1915#80457
1914#67856
1913#71142
1912#68139
1911#52532
1910#59823
1909#84012
1908#71214
1907#66415
1906#54718
1905#63614
1904#76010
1903#50518
1902#61513
1901#59612
1900#55519
1899#54813
1898#66311
1897#7878
1896#59213
1895#64011
1894#8577
1893#8367
1892#64111
1891#52412
1890#56612
1889#46416
1888#55413
1887#58310
1886#45116
1885#7657
1884#6639
1883#52712
1882#6918
1881#7067
1880#57111
First appearance
1924

The first year at least five girls were named Lindsey! It came in at #5,061, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1924–1936, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

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Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 83 spots since 2024 (#1,284#1,367)
  • 340 spots since 2020 (#1,027#1,367)
  • 757 spots since 2015 (#610#1,367)
  • Biggest jump: 460 spots in 1974 (#1,109#649)
  • Biggest drop: 168 spots in 2016 (#610#778)
Rise & fade · girls
60 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1924
  • Peaked 1984 at #35 (9,005 births)
  • Births halved by 1995, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 20 yrs · run 1980–1999
  • Top 1,000: 46 yrs · run 1974–2019
Share of babies · girls
1 in 187
  • Highest: 1 in 187 girls born in 1984 were named Lindsey (0.53%)
  • Latest: 1 in 9,983 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 45.7% of all girls named Lindsey (71,940) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s5#5,061 (1924)#5,061
1930s7#3,434 (1937)#3,434
1940s161#1,335 (1949)#2,798
1950s602#1,153 (1957)#1,307
1960s520#1,327 (1961)#1,591
1970s7,734#113 (1979)#724
1980s71,940#35 (1984)#47
1990s48,975#51 (1990)#74
2000s21,644#103 (2000)#179
2010s4,823#400 (2010)#658
2020s1,140#1,027 (2020)#1,246

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.

Lindsey in 1960

girls
#1,764
41 births · 1 in 49,316 girls
boys
#657
141 births · 1 in 15,123 boys

Top girls' names in 1960

  1. #1Mary51,472
  2. #2Susan39,208
  3. #3Linda37,316
  4. #4Karen36,378
  5. #5Donna34,138
  6. #6Lisa33,693
  7. #7Patricia32,113
  8. #8Debra26,732
  9. #9Cynthia26,706
  10. #10Deborah25,266
  11. #1,764Lindsey41

Top boys' names in 1960

  1. #1David85,929
  2. #2Michael84,153
  3. #3James76,815
  4. #4John76,096
  5. #5Robert72,357
  6. #6Mark58,727
  7. #7William49,361
  8. #8Richard43,553
  9. #9Thomas39,278
  10. #10Steven33,878
  11. #657Lindsey141
More about 1960

girls

2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 49,316 of them was named Lindsey, which outranked 75.9% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lindsey
  1. #1,747Torri42
  2. #1,747Valinda42
  3. #1,747Zandra42
  4. #1,764Lindsey41
  5. #1,764Belen41
  6. #1,764Carrol41
  7. #1,764Chari41
  8. #1,789Annett40
  9. #1,789Bernetta40
  10. #1,789Bunny40

Tied with 24 names at #1,764; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. 1,798Lisha#2,395#597
  2. 1,223Elana#2,108#885
  3. 667Leisha#1,537#870
  4. 513Misty#1,214#701
  5. 462Loriann#1,396#934
Fallers
  1. 421Taryn#771#1,192
  2. 335Cheryll#993#1,328
  3. 305Marilynn#724#1,029
  4. 304Drema#997#1,301
  5. 258Merrie#978#1,236

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,132,320 boys got a published name in 1960; 1 in 15,123 of them was named Lindsey, which outranked 85.7% of the 4,598 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lindsey
  1. #654Britt142
  2. #654Coy142
  3. #654Santos142
  4. #657Lindsey141
  5. #657Donn141
  6. #657Ignacio141
  7. #657Odell141
  8. #662Gustavo140
  9. #662Jed140
  10. #662Roman140

Tied with 4 names at #657; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. 3,061Stephon#3,988#927
  2. 1,039Kennedy#1,759#720
  3. 489Darryle#1,416#927
  4. 379Garret#1,360#981
  5. 373Darryll#1,324#951
Fallers
  1. 333Grayling#987#1,320
  2. 327Lucious#946#1,273
  3. 274Brion#919#1,193
  4. 261Gail#747#1,008
  5. 254Delton#939#1,193

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1960