Lynda
#4,546 for girls in 2025, 30 births · Last seen for boys in 1973 at #3,694
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1947 · 4,840 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 3 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 77,979since 1882
Lynda 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 | #4,546 | 30 | — | |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 | — | |
| 2023 | #7,247 | 15 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,582 | 30 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,245 | 33 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,667 | 21 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,006 | 36 | — | |
| 2018 | #4,357 | 32 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,147 | 35 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,345 | 33 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,144 | 35 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,843 | 60 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,778 | 40 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,464 | 46 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,916 | 38 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,516 | 45 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,409 | 48 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,718 | 67 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,125 | 55 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,287 | 83 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,407 | 73 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,589 | 64 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,393 | 69 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,497 | 63 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,211 | 73 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,923 | 88 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,786 | 89 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,845 | 83 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,864 | 79 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,806 | 81 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,508 | 104 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,444 | 110 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,308 | 129 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,600 | 96 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,229 | 139 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,163 | 148 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,168 | 140 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,077 | 146 | — | |
| 1987 | #950 | 170 | — | |
| 1986 | #873 | 190 | — | |
| 1985 | #816 | 200 | — | |
| 1984 | #728 | 225 | — | |
| 1983 | #705 | 242 | — | |
| 1982 | #556 | 333 | — | |
| 1981 | #556 | 335 | — | |
| 1980 | #594 | 312 | — | |
| 1979 | #655 | 266 | — | |
| 1978 | #567 | 306 | — | |
| 1977 | #596 | 289 | — | |
| 1976 | #564 | 297 | — | |
| 1975 | #523 | 336 | — | |
| 1974 | #488 | 360 | — | |
| 1973 | #439 | 436 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #390 | 531 | — | |
| 1971 | #358 | 679 | — | |
| 1970 | #319 | 849 | — | |
| 1969 | #278 | 1,015 | — | |
| 1968 | #245 | 1,115 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #247 | 1,147 | — | |
| 1966 | #229 | 1,309 | — | |
| 1965 | #207 | 1,605 | — | |
| 1964 | #188 | 1,985 | — | |
| 1963 | #214 | 1,590 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #204 | 1,768 | — | |
| 1961 | #187 | 2,038 | — | |
| 1960 | #183 | 2,122 | — | |
| 1959 | #181 | 2,024 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #195 | 1,741 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #195 | 1,814 | — | |
| 1956 | #193 | 1,759 | — | |
| 1955 | #178 | 1,885 | — | |
| 1954 | #173 | 2,023 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #153 | 2,305 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #129 | 2,812 | — | |
| 1951 | #116 | 3,026 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #107 | 3,300 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #93 | 3,830 | — | |
| 1948 | #84 | 4,167 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #77 | 4,840 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #109 | 3,000 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #111 | 2,469 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | #113 | 2,370 | — | |
| 1943 | #115 | 2,413 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #132 | 2,107 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #153 | 1,489 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #165 | 1,267 | — | |
| 1939 | #219 | 764 | — | |
| 1938 | #272 | 540 | — | |
| 1937 | #371 | 300 | — | |
| 1936 | #446 | 203 | — | |
| 1935 | #618 | 110 | — | |
| 1934 | #764 | 77 | — | |
| 1933 | #808 | 68 | — | |
| 1932 | #923 | 58 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,028 | 46 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,434 | 29 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,195 | 39 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,147 | 44 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,728 | 24 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,483 | 30 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,535 | 29 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,872 | 22 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,556 | 28 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,682 | 25 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,867 | 22 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,015 | 19 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,063 | 17 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,645 | 24 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,100 | 16 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,581 | 23 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,800 | 18 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,740 | 15 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,670 | 13 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 | — | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,219 | 12 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,142 | 12 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | — | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | — | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | #1,122 | 9 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | #1,023 | 9 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | — | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | #908 | 5 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Lynda! It came in at #908, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1887, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Lynda
- 5,010 spots since 2024 (#9,556 → #4,546)
- 1,121 spots since 2020 (#5,667 → #4,546)
- 402 spots since 2015 (#4,144 → #4,546)
- Biggest jump: 172 spots in 1936 (#618 → #446)
- Biggest drop: 149 spots in 1983 (#556 → #705)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1947 at #77 (4,840 births)
- Births halved by 1953, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 3 yrs · run 1947–1949
- Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1932–1987
- Highest: 1 in 366 girls born in 1947 were named Lynda (0.27%)
- Latest: 1 in 53,576 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 35.8% of all girls named Lynda (27,952) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 16 | #908 (1882) | #1,023 |
| 1890s | 39 | #1,023 (1893) | #1,197 |
| 1900s | 42 | #1,142 (1907) | #1,508 |
| 1910s | 148 | #1,581 (1916) | #1,892 |
| 1920s | 282 | #1,147 (1928) | #1,608 |
| 1930s | 2,195 | #219 (1939) | #688 |
| 1940s | 27,952 | #77 (1947) | #115 |
| 1950s | 22,689 | #107 (1950) | #162 |
| 1960s | 15,694 | #183 (1960) | #218 |
| 1970s | 4,349 | #319 (1970) | #490 |
| 1980s | 2,293 | #556 (1981) | #802 |
| 1990s | 1,058 | #1,163 (1990) | #1,555 |
| 2000s | 683 | #1,923 (2000) | #2,556 |
| 2010s | 400 | #2,843 (2014) | #3,852 |
| 2020s | 139 | #4,245 (2021) | #5,974 |
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.
Lynda in 1942
Top girls' names in 1942
Top boys' names in 1942
More about 1942
girls
1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 641 of them was named Lynda, which outranked 97.5% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 172,645 of them was named Lynda, which outranked 32.9% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,523Wilmot9
- #2,523Yvonne9
- #2,523Zigmund9
- #2,712Lynda8
- #2,712Alcide8
- #2,712Alphonza8
- #2,712Alston8
- #2,940Abbie7
- #2,940Abie7
- #2,940Acy7
Tied with 227 names at #2,712; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.