girl's name

Lyndsay

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 8,894

Ireland

#372

1993 births

Lyndsay is a girl's name. In 2022 it was given to 10 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1982, when 403 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1973.

Lyndsay over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2022, not a full ten years.

3,358
'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Lyndsay by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 532
1980s 3,358
1990s 1,923
2000s 742
2010s 143
2020s (to 2022) 18

How popular is Lyndsay?

In 2022, Lyndsay was given to 10 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Lyndsay is used

Ireland #372 7 in 1993
Northern Ireland #433 3 in 1997
Scotland #796 3 in 2005
Canada #3,105 6 in 2010
England & Wales #5,273 4 in 2008
France #6,941 5 in 2023
United States #10,121 10 in 2022

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 Lyndsay

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

Parents who like Lyndsay also like

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

Sibling names for Lyndsay

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

Common questions about Lyndsay

How popular is the name Lyndsay?

In 2022, Lyndsay was given to 10 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Lyndsay is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Lyndsay most popular?

Lyndsay peaked in 1982, when 403 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.