girl's name

Lyndsey

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 17,058

Northern Ireland

#325

2002 births

Lyndsey is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1990, when 687 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 236,855 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1964.

Lyndsey over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

5,861
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Lyndsey by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 16
1970s 637
1980s 5,861
1990s 4,785
2000s 2,415
2010s 592
2020s (to 2025) 114

How popular is Lyndsey?

In 2025, Lyndsey was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Lyndsey is used

Northern Ireland #325 4 in 2002
Scotland #673 4 in 2006
Ireland #846 4 in 2013
Canada #3,802 5 in 2022
France #7,144 5 in 2018
England & Wales #7,144 3 in 2013
United States #7,746 14 in 2025

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 Lyndsey

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

Parents who like Lyndsey also like

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

Sibling names for Lyndsey

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

Common questions about Lyndsey

How popular is the name Lyndsey?

In 2025, Lyndsey was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Lyndsey is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Lyndsey most popular?

Lyndsey peaked in 1990, when 687 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Lyndsey a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Lyndsey currently ranks #7,746 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.