Lyndsay

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #9,680

Peak · girls
1983 · 393 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,716
since 1973

Lyndsay over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lyndsay has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #495, 1983girls
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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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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
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2022#9,68010
2021—
2020#11,0908
2019#13,7996
2018—
2017#8,29913
2016#9,41111
2015#9,48111
2014#7,63615
2013#11,9698
2012#5,11427
2011#6,14821
2010#4,60831
2009#3,73742
2008#3,64544
2007#3,02358
2006#2,81562
2005#2,14086
2004#2,15583
2003#2,26075
2002#2,26372
2001#1,88792
2000#1,431128
1999#1,461118
1998#1,373125
1997#1,232145
1996#1,275136
1995#1,090163
1994#926204
1993#908212
1992#777265
1991#783261
1990#713294
1989#664306
1988#600333
1987#585337
1986#567349
1985#514392
1984#532362
1983#495393
1982#502403
1981#644275
1980#790208
1979#912162
1978#1,096119
1977#1,075121
1976#1,24490
1975#2,96924
1974#5,01111
1973#8,4235
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First appearance
1973

The first year at least five girls were named Lyndsay! It came in at #8,423, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2018, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Lyndsay is popular in 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedNHWashington: #618 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,420 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedMNIllinois: #945 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 8,615 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedWIMichigan: #509 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 4,026 girlsMINew York: #716 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 5,667 girlsNYMassachusetts: #434 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,301 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedIAIndiana: #557 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,353 girlsINOhio: #448 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 3,509 girlsOHPennsylvania: #531 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 4,438 girlsPANew Jersey: #953 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,337 girlsNJConnecticut: #480 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,707 girlsCTCalifornia: #842 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 6,882 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedNEMissouri: #708 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,495 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #242 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,461 girlsWVVirginia: #618 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,270 girlsVAMaryland: #669 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,523 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #564 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,428 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Lyndsay, so not publishedHITexas: #1,190 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 11,367 girlsTXFlorida: #833 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,941 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. West Virginia#242 · 1 in 1,461
  2. Massachusetts#434 · 1 in 3,301
  3. Ohio#448 · 1 in 3,509
  4. Connecticut#480 · 1 in 3,707
  5. Michigan#509 · 1 in 4,026

Best ever in a state: #143 in Rhode Island, 1982.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#24261 in 1,461
Massachusetts#434111 in 3,301
Ohio#448201 in 3,509
Connecticut#48051 in 3,707
Michigan#509151 in 4,026
Pennsylvania#531161 in 4,438
Indiana#55781 in 4,353
North Carolina#56491 in 4,428
Virginia#61871 in 5,270
Washington#61871 in 4,420
Maryland#66951 in 5,523
Missouri#70851 in 6,495
New York#716211 in 5,667
Florida#833111 in 6,941
California#842381 in 6,882
Illinois#94591 in 8,615
New Jersey#95351 in 9,337
Texas#1,190121 in 11,367
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Lyndsay
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
  • Biggest jump: 184 spots in 1979 (#1,096 → #912)
  • Biggest drop: 164 spots in 1995 (#926 → #1,090)
Rise & fade · girls
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1973
  • Peaked 1983 at #495 (393 births)
  • Births halved by 1995, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1979–1994
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,202
  • Highest: 1 in 4,202 girls born in 1982 were named Lyndsay (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 164,013 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #495 in 1983, was only 1 in 4,251 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 50.0% of all girls named Lyndsay (3,358) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s532#912 (1979)#2,961
1980s3,358#495 (1983)#589
1990s1,923#713 (1990)#1,054
2000s742#1,431 (2000)#2,536
2010s143#4,608 (2010)#8,496
2020s18#9,680 (2022)#10,385

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.

Lyndsay in 1991

girls
#783
261 births · 1 in 7,184 girls

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #783Lyndsay261
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 7,184 of them was named Lyndsay, which outranked 94.9% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lyndsay
  1. #778Krysta264
  2. #781Baby263
  3. #781Jaqueline263
  4. #783Lyndsay261
  5. #783Chrystal261
  6. #783Janay261
  7. #783Lauryn261
  8. #787Leann260
  9. #787Mariela260
  10. #789Breann259

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

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

See the top 100 for 1991 →