girl's name

Lyndi

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 1,972

Scotland

#628

1988 births

Lyndi is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 44 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 1989, when 66 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 75,352 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1954.

Lyndi over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

524
'50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Lyndi by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 28
1960s 79
1970s 257
1980s 524
1990s 321
2000s 281
2010s 233
2020s (to 2025) 238

How popular is Lyndi?

In 2025, Lyndi was given to 44 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Lyndi is used

Scotland #628 3 in 1988
United States #3,473 44 in 2025
Canada #3,686 5 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Lyndi

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Lyndi also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Lyndi over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Lyndi

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Lyndi — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Lyndi

How popular is the name Lyndi?

In 2025, Lyndi was given to 44 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Lyndi a girl's or a boy's name?

Lyndi is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Lyndi most popular?

Lyndi peaked in 1989, when 66 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Lyndi a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Lyndi currently ranks #3,473 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.