Lindy
#1,592 for girls in 2025, 131 births · Last seen for boys in 2012 at #10,770
Given to girls 83.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1979 · 310 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,896since 1885
Lindy 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 | #1,592 | 131 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,925 | 103 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,965 | 100 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,156 | 88 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,103 | 90 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,416 | 72 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,085 | 52 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,928 | 56 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,873 | 58 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,934 | 57 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,810 | 62 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,683 | 65 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,769 | 62 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,597 | 69 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #2,695 | 65 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,360 | 48 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,000 | 57 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,184 | 91 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,034 | 100 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,485 | 74 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,359 | 75 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,286 | 76 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,048 | 87 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,028 | 85 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,096 | 79 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,158 | 74 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #1,975 | 79 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,899 | 80 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,070 | 68 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,767 | 84 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,776 | 81 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,757 | 83 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #1,664 | 90 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,351 | 123 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,358 | 120 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #1,253 | 131 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,168 | 140 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #1,073 | 147 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #1,070 | 143 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #1,047 | 144 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,019 | 148 | #4,052 | 10 |
| 1984 | #821 | 191 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #832 | 184 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #787 | 206 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #752 | 220 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #682 | 254 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #586 | 310 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #670 | 237 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | #854 | 172 | #2,910 | 14 |
| 1976 | #811 | 171 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #1,055 | 112 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #960 | 129 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #1,001 | 118 | #2,857 | 12 |
| 1972 | #1,226 | 86 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #1,445 | 72 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #1,570 | 61 | #2,399 | 15 |
| 1969 | #1,465 | 64 | #2,549 | 12 |
| 1968 | #1,334 | 69 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1967 | #1,495 | 56 | #2,470 | 11 |
| 1966 | #1,515 | 54 | #1,891 | 17 |
| 1965 | #1,323 | 68 | #1,559 | 25 |
| 1964 | #1,172 | 88 | #2,310 | 13 |
| 1963 | #1,082 | 100 | #1,957 | 17 |
| 1962 | #885 | 142 | #1,588 | 25 |
| 1961 | #848 | 155 | #1,279 | 38 |
| 1960 | #950 | 126 | #1,252 | 39 |
| 1959 | #883 | 138 | #1,280 | 37 |
| 1958 | #841 | 147 | #1,104 | 48 |
| 1957 | #767 | 169 | #1,130 | 46 |
| 1956 | #843 | 139 | #1,642 | 23 |
| 1955 | #890 | 120 | #1,255 | 36 |
| 1954 | #865 | 121 | #1,311 | 33 |
| 1953 | #883 | 114 | #1,139 | 42 |
| 1952 | #935 | 98 | #1,227 | 36 |
| 1951 | #921 | 99 | #1,150 | 39 |
| 1950 | #948 | 89 | #1,074 | 43 |
| 1949 | #992 | 82 | #1,128 | 39 |
| 1948 | #1,197 | 57 | #1,559 | 22 |
| 1947 | #1,413 | 43 | #1,425 | 27 |
| 1946 | #1,481 | 35 | #1,355 | 27 |
| 1945 | #1,621 | 26 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | #1,698 | 24 | #1,810 | 15 |
| 1943 | #1,751 | 24 | #1,910 | 15 |
| 1942 | #1,804 | 22 | #2,145 | 12 |
| 1941 | #2,018 | 17 | #1,685 | 17 |
| 1940 | #1,900 | 18 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1939 | #2,300 | 13 | #1,795 | 15 |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | #2,197 | 11 |
| 1936 | #1,950 | 16 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #1,390 | 24 |
| 1934 | — | #1,425 | 23 | |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | #1,644 | 18 |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 | #1,056 | 40 |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #939 | 48 |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | #810 | 64 |
| 1929 | #2,301 | 14 | #668 | 84 |
| 1928 | #2,194 | 16 | #452 | 177 |
| 1927 | #1,587 | 27 | #387 | 235 |
| 1926 | — | #1,353 | 29 | |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #2,755 | 10 |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 | — | |
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | — | |
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 | — | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | — | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | — | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | — | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Lindy! It came in at #1,047, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1894, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Lindy
- 333 spots since 2024 (#1,925 → #1,592)
- 824 spots since 2020 (#2,416 → #1,592)
- 1,218 spots since 2015 (#2,810 → #1,592)
- Biggest jump: 244 spots in 1976 (#1,055 → #811)
- Biggest drop: 198 spots in 1985 (#821 → #1,019)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1979 at #586 (310 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1949–1962
- Highest: 1 in 5,178 girls born in 1979 were named Lindy (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 12,269 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 20.0% of all girls named Lindy (1,777) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1939, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,047 (1885) | #1,047 |
| 1890s | 7 | #1,299 (1895) | #1,299 |
| 1900s | 16 | #1,793 (1902) | #1,830 |
| 1910s | 44 | #2,331 (1913) | #3,492 |
| 1920s | 84 | #1,587 (1927) | #3,257 |
| 1930s | 76 | #1,950 (1936) | #3,344 |
| 1940s | 348 | #992 (1949) | #1,588 |
| 1950s | 1,234 | #767 (1957) | #878 |
| 1960s | 922 | #848 (1961) | #1,207 |
| 1970s | 1,468 | #586 (1979) | #1,018 |
| 1980s | 1,777 | #682 (1980) | #925 |
| 1990s | 939 | #1,253 (1990) | #1,687 |
| 2000s | 798 | #2,028 (2002) | #2,268 |
| 2010s | 594 | #2,597 (2012) | #2,873 |
| 2020s | 584 | #1,592 (2025) | #2,026 |
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.
Lindy in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 7,582 of them was named Lindy, which outranked 93.8% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 298,530 of them was named Lindy, which outranked 25.0% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,961Zacarias7
- #4,961Zebediah7
- #4,961Zeno7
- #5,468Lindy6
- #5,468Aaren6
- #5,468Abby6
- #5,468Abdon6
- #6,262Aakash5
- #6,262Aarion5
- #6,262Abayomi5
Tied with 793 names at #5,468; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.