Lyndon

#6,838 for girls in 2025, 16 births · #2,183 for boys in 2025, 65 births
Given to boys 95.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
#345
1964 · 515 births
Debut · boys
1904
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
9,705
since 1904

Lyndon over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Lyndon has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #345, 1964boys
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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#6,83816#2,18365
2024#8,94611#1,75294
2023#7,64014#1,85186
2022#6,46418#1,76094
2021#6,41418#1,591108
2020#4,88026#1,67395
2019#7,34215#1,494114
2018#4,07635#1,530111
2017#4,47731#1,195155
2016#5,44524#1,326135
2015#5,45824#1,190155
2014#5,99321#1,237147
2013#7,03117#1,277136
2012#9,10912#1,383121
2011#7,78315#1,364123
2010#9,79011#1,503108
2009#9,37912#1,497111
2008#10,80710#1,63395
2007#13,9247#1,405116
2006—#1,55195
2005#7,89114#1,60385
2004#14,1796#1,44696
2003—#1,43891
2002—#1,79264
2001#12,0567#1,76364
2000—#1,51479
1999#9,4799#1,39584
1998#11,1387#1,23199
1997#10,8367#1,24293
1996—#1,29285
1995—#1,33877
1994#11,7786#1,33277
1993—#1,23884
1992—#1,28178
1991#11,5096#1,11796
1990—#1,10294
1989—#891128
1988—#1,01393
1987—#943100
1986#9,5456#93795
1985—#1,00782
1984—#1,08468
1983—#1,04072
1982—#1,09669
1981—#1,27052
1980—#1,27253
1979—#1,37046
1978—#1,45241
1977—#1,33546
1976—#1,21051
1975—#1,23847
1974—#1,15151
1973—#1,08256
1972—#1,47333
1971—#1,28942
1970—#1,05160
1969—#81789
1968—#79986
1967—#732101
1966—#591161
1965—#442306
1964#6,7675#345515
1963—#594175
1962—#632148
1961—#549206
1960—#505247
1959—#560193
1958—#606161
1957—#608159
1956—#638141
1955—#75395
1954—#81379
1953—#88466
1952—#88363
1951—#79179
1950—#80671
1949—#79874
1948—#79573
1947—#86165
1946—#79969
1945—#92748
1944—#73571
1943—#628102
1942—#72978
1941—#64490
1940—#93946
1939—#99241
1938—#1,12533
1937—#1,18031
1936—#1,06836
1935—#99241
1934#4,2865#1,13334
1933—#1,33025
1932—#1,23630
1931—#1,19433
1930—#1,21534
1929—#1,15436
1928—#1,29331
1927—#1,29332
1926—#1,24234
1925—#1,16437
1924—#1,28732
1923—#1,32230
1922—#1,10741
1921—#1,15938
1920—#1,18037
1919—#1,12238
1918—#1,15236
1917—#1,29128
1916—#1,12034
1915—#1,01539
1914—#1,30021
1913—#1,36515
1912—#1,26814
1911—#1,5376
1910—#92812
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1907—#1,3455
1906—#9278
1905—#1,2335
1904—#1,0646
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First appearance
1904

The first year at least five boys were named Lyndon! It came in at #1,064, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1907–1909, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Lyndon
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 431 spots since 2024 (#1,752 → #2,183)
  • 510 spots since 2020 (#1,673 → #2,183)
  • 993 spots since 2015 (#1,190 → #2,183)
  • Biggest jump: 306 spots in 1906 (#1,233 → #927)
  • Biggest drop: 609 spots in 1911 (#928 → #1,537)
Rise & fade · boys
60 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1904
  • Peaked 1964 at #345 (515 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 37 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1939–1969
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,869
  • Highest: 1 in 3,869 boys born in 1964 were named Lyndon (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 26,278 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 21.0% of all boys named Lyndon (2,034) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s24#927 (1906)#1,142
1910s243#928 (1910)#1,210
1920s348#1,107 (1922)#1,220
1930s338#992 (1935)#1,147
1940s716#628 (1943)#786
1950s1,107#560 (1959)#734
1960s2,034#345 (1964)#601
1970s473#1,051 (1970)#1,265
1980s812#891 (1989)#1,055
1990s867#1,102 (1990)#1,257
2000s896#1,405 (2007)#1,564
2010s1,305#1,190 (2015)#1,350
2020s542#1,591 (2021)#1,802

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Lyndon in 1997

girls
#10,836
7 births · 1 in 248,673 girls
boys
#1,242
93 births · 1 in 20,270 boys

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #10,836Lyndon7

Top boys' names in 1997

  1. #1Michael37,562
  2. #2Jacob34,163
  3. #3Matthew31,517
  4. #4Christopher29,108
  5. #5Joshua28,289
  6. #6Nicholas27,258
  7. #7Andrew25,208
  8. #8Brandon25,197
  9. #9Austin25,118
  10. #10Tyler24,879
  11. #1,242Lyndon93
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 248,673 of them was named Lyndon, which outranked 33.0% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lyndon
  1. #9,802Zierra8
  2. #9,802Zoha8
  3. #9,802Zoi8
  4. #10,836Lyndon7
  5. #10,836Aaisha7
  6. #10,836Aaleah7
  7. #10,836Aaleigha7
  8. #12,070Aalexis6
  9. #12,070Aalexus6
  10. #12,070Aalia6

Tied with 1,233 names at #10,836; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,582Yulisa#10,567 → #985
  2. ↑ 3,882Yulissa#4,306 → #424
  3. ↑ 2,634Tea#3,429 → #795
  4. ↑ 2,046Taya#2,901 → #855
  5. ↑ 1,202Julisa#1,930 → #728
Fallers
  1. ↓ 931Yamilex#707 → #1,638
  2. ↓ 477Suzette#998 → #1,475
  3. ↓ 457Chynna#834 → #1,291
  4. ↓ 396Moesha#547 → #943
  5. ↓ 377Daijah#975 → #1,352

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

boys

1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 20,270 of them was named Lyndon, which outranked 88.5% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lyndon
  1. #1,234Tyrique94
  2. #1,234Yaakov94
  3. #1,234Zain94
  4. #1,242Lyndon93
  5. #1,242Cal93
  6. #1,242Derik93
  7. #1,242Eloy93
  8. #1,251Ammon92
  9. #1,251Angus92
  10. #1,251Bishop92

Tied with 8 names at #1,242; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,420Jaret#2,145 → #725
  2. ↑ 712Kobe#1,265 → #553
  3. ↑ 580Ronaldo#1,465 → #885
  4. ↑ 420Jarett#1,334 → #914
  5. ↑ 416Gianni#1,093 → #677
Fallers
  1. ↓ 562Shaquille#662 → #1,224
  2. ↓ 373Dalvin#977 → #1,350
  3. ↓ 355Montel#990 → #1,345
  4. ↓ 328Codie#884 → #1,212
  5. ↓ 328Jair#884 → #1,212

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

See the top 100 for 1997 →