Lindsey Girl
How popular is Lindsey?
#1,367 girl name in 2025
161 baby girls were named Lindsey in the US in 2025, making it the 1367th most popular girl name.
Lindsey popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,367 for girls (▼ 83 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 161 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-66% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #610 in 2015, #1,027 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1984 (9,005 girls) |
| Highest rank | #35 in 1983 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1924 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 2% boys, 98% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lindsey counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lindsey family of names ranked #1,113 for girls in 2025 (#1,033 the year before), with 175 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lindsey | 161 | 92% |
| Lyndsey | 14 | 8% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Lindsey is most popular
Babies named Lindsey per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Indiana: 0.2 per 1,000 (34 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.2 per 1,000 (39 girls)
- Maryland: 0.2 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Ohio: 0.2 per 1,000 (37 girls)
- Missouri: 0.1 per 1,000 (17 girls)
Lindsey by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1930s | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1940s | 161 | #1,334 |
| 1950s | 602 | #1,152 |
| 1960s | 520 | #1,326 |
| 1970s | 7,734 | #113 |
| 1980s | 71,940 | #35 |
| 1990s | 48,975 | #51 |
| 2000s | 21,644 | #103 |
| 2010s | 4,823 | #400 |
| 2020s | 1,140 | #1,027 |
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Questions
- Is Lindsey a boy or girl name?
- Lindsey is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Lindsey were girls.
- How popular is the name Lindsey?
- 161 baby girls were named Lindsey in the US in 2025, making it the 1367th most popular girl name.
- When was Lindsey most popular?
- Lindsey peaked in 1984, when 9,005 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #35, held for 2 years starting in 1983.
- How many people are named Lindsey?
- 165,286 babies have been named Lindsey in the US since 1880. We estimate about 158,554 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 37.
- Where is Lindsey most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lindsey was most common in Indiana, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.